23/11/2023
Not a lost & found but did you witness this dog attack on sheep? Dog owner needs to be prosecuted.
You will already know Black Cricket Animal Services loves dogs, and some of us also love sheep (there is nothing quite like being awake in the early hours of a January morning for lambing, or attending a sheep show as Vice President of an agricultural society).
However an awful incident has occurred near Priory Country Park in Bedford, leading to the deaths of several ewes and their unborn lambs, and leaving several injured that could also prove fatal as time progresses. Please read the information below.
1. All dog owners need to know that it is a criminal offence to allow your dogs to worry livestock by chasing or attacking them. You can be prosecuted even if your dog has not injured the animal.
2. Dog owners also need to know that, by law as a last resort, your dog can and will be shot if it is an immediate danger to livestock.
So please, keep your dogs under control around livestock.
