N.Ireland
Livestock worth £152,000 were severely injured or killed in dog attacks in Northern Ireland during 2025, according to NFU Mutual.
Derry City and Strabane District Council has launched a probe into dog attacks on livestock after 5 sheep were reported killed over 10 days
Sheep
Police Scotland has appealed for information after livestock were killed and injured in two separate dog attacks in the Scottish highlands
Beef
NFU Mutual is urging dog owners visiting the countryside this Easter to keep their pets on the lead...
A council in NI has successfully prosecuted a dog owner for the second time for offences relating to “livestock attacking and worrying”.
Farm animals in Northern Ireland worth an estimated £218,000 were severely injured or killed in...
Rural Life
A new course educating owners to help reduce instances of dog attacks on livestock has been welcomed by the Welsh Cabinet Secretary.
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has said it is issuing a renewed call for urgent action to...
A woman from Derby has been charged with being the owner of two dog that got loose and killed 15...
The Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW) has said a project using canine DNA technology from livestock...
NI Water, Mourne Heritage Trust and the National Trust are calling for dogs to be kept under control following a spate of livestock attacks.
Farmers, vets and police officers are to get early evidence kits to collect canine DNA at the scene of livestock attacks...
Agri-Business
A farm manager in Wiltshire has said each dog attack has been more "catastrophic" than the one...
78% of rural crime teams reported an increase in dog attacks on sheep over recent years, according to a survey from the NSA.
The National Sheep Association (NSA) aims to highlight the devastating issue of dog attacks on sheep or 'sheep worrying by dogs' during...
2023 saw the number of dog attacks on livestock in Northern Ireland double compared to 2022 and...
Police will be given greater powers to respond to livestock worrying incidents more effectively under new legislation backed by the government
Two German Shepherd dogs have been seized in connection with the deaths of at least 10 sheep and...
Wiltshire Police's rural crime team is appealing for information after two instances of sheep worrying in Bowerchalke.
Two lambs have been killed in a suspected dog attack in the Llanyre area of Radnorshire, Powys,...
A dog owner in Wales has been convicted following a livestock attack whereby 22 pregnant sheep were killed and a further 48 were injured.
The National Farmers' Union (NFU) has reiterated and republished prevention advice and legal...
West Mercia Police has appealed for information following separate dog attacks that resulted in the deaths of 28 sheep in Herefordshire.
