02/06/2025
When are people going to learn?
This is so sad for all involved and is completely avoidable.
If you live in an area that has any livestock, make sure they are perfectly trained to ignore.
We are appealing for witnesses following a report of livestock worrying in Wormley.
At around 6.30am on Sunday, 1 June, a farmer disturbed two brown/grey lurcher-type dogs running loose in a field with his sheep. On shouting at the dogs, he was able to clear them from the field, when he then discovered 30 dead lambs and four dead ewes – more than half his flock.
Rural crime officer PC Laura Rowley said, “This is a distressing incident for a local smallholder who has recently lambed and has had to pick up all but one of them dead from the dog attack.
“I cannot stress the importance of making sure boundaries are secure to keep your dogs in or making sure they are under full control if you take them out on a walk.”
We are now looking to trace the dogs and their owner, and we need your help. Were you in the Wormley area at around 6.30am on Sunday morning? Do you recognise the description of these dogs and know who they belong to? Are these your dogs and did they return to you covered in blood that wasn’t theirs on Sunday morning?
If you have any information that might assist our investigation, please get in touch quoting PR/45250065314.
