Hi All
For any of you who suffer the ordeal of having a dog attack your sheep, could I ask that, in addition to contacting the police, you also send details to Sheep Watch UK / Terena Plowright?
They are gathering information regarding sheep attacks.
Quote from website
"Number of sheep killed by dogs in the UK?
There is no evidence or collective figure for the number of sheep killed by pet dogs in the UK. No-one records it. It is not the job of the police to record it as it is not reportable to the Home Office (things like burglary and murder are). Not everyone is a member of the NFU or has NFU insurance so their figures are not complete. The Home Office does not hold any Police figures nationally, and Defra focus on disease losses.
Without figures or statistics there is no evidence that a crime is taking place – so no police focus, no funding from the government can be put in place, and no extra support can be given to the countryside."
http://www.sheepwatch.co.uk/[email protected].