Sheep
South Yorkshire police in the UK are appealing for information following an attack on two sheep with the use of a crossbow.
Rural Life
A farmer has been left "devastated" after his flock of sheep was attacked by two dogs near Naas, Co. Kildare on Sunday, June 1.
Deputy Erin McGreehan has called for legislation to protect "vulnerable livestock, such as sheep, from being attacked and killed by dogs".
A farmer in south Co. Wexford is currently counting the cost of the fourth instance of finding his livestock dead on his land this year.
Following attacks on sheep by dogs in Co. Galway, dog wardens have been conducting door to door enquiries as a result.
One sheep has been killed and five rams remain missing following a dog attack near Taghart, Shercock, Co. Cavan
Ewes that had been scanned just days earlier were recently attacked by two dogs in Co. Wicklow...
Two sheep farms in Wexford suffered attacks from two dogs on the same night last weekend that resulted in a total of 14 dead ewes.
Sheep News
A Kerry farmer said a dog attack has resulted in 10 of his sheep, some of which were in lamb, being killed, while more are still missing.
Kerry County Council is to commence mapping all dog attacks on sheep reported to the local authority this year.
A farmer who has had his sheep in the Comeragh Mountains attacked by dogs twice in just over a week has urged walkers in the area to keep...
Concerns have again been raised regarding the control of dogs, in particular in Limerick where several sheep were recently killed.
Gardaí are investigating an alleged attack by a dog on sheep in the Ballinastoe area of Co. Wicklow that resulted in the death of three sheep.
Seven sheep were killed and several are still missing from a farm in Letir, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan following a dog attack
The development of a responsible pet ownership campaign is priority for DAFM, due to increases in dog "aggression and sheep worrying".
A number of sheep are believed to have been killed, and more put down, after being attacked in Co. Tipperary.
Over the past number of weeks, there has been a spate of dog attacks on sheep across the country - especially around the midlands.
A pack of grey crows carried out an unusually vicious attack, killing a lamb that was in the process of being born in a shed yesterday.
Sheep farmers from the Dublin Mountains area met recently with Coillte on the control of dogs in the forestry area of the Dublin Mountains.
A farmer's sheep, who were grazing in an area close to the Wicklow Mountains National Park, were the victims of a dog attack last week.
In what has been described by experts as the UK's worst sheep attack in living memory more than one hundred sheep have died in near Chichester in West Sussex.
