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LIVESTOCK PROTECTION RANGER
Jane Cole Tel: 07873 587561
HAVE YOU SEEN SHEEP CHASED - SAVAGED - KILLED - BY DOGS?
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Jane is on emergency call and patrols
the commons following up incidents of sheep worrying, talking
to walkers about proper control of dogs and responsible dog-walking
Jane is a qualified veterinary nurse
and local farmer's wife. Please contact Jane with any information
relevant to sheep worrying.
Dartmoor Livestock Protection Society
(DLPS) together with the Dartmoor Commoners' Council and
Dartmoor National Park Authority is funding this initiative
to advise and inform the dog-walking public for the sake
of the safety of the moorland sheep. |
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SHEEP AND LAMBS ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK ON DARTMOOR...
every year many deaths are reported and recorded.
CASUALTIES ARE CAUSED BY:
- Fast and thoughtless DRIVING on moorland roads
- Sheep chasing by DOGS
- LAMBING - deaths result from unattended difficult births
- LAMBS PICKED UP by the public - the ewe may later reject
the lamb
- SNOW - reduces all available grazing and animals may also
become trapped under drifts
- BOGS & LEATS - may trap and drown animals unless rescue
takes place
- Animals entangled in WIRE and BRAMBLES or wedged between
ROCKS, may die unless helped.
- FLY-STRIKE - resulting in an infestation of maggots likely
to kill the victim unless necessary treatment is carried
out
- A sheep 'CAST' on its back may not be able to regain its
feet without assistance, and if unaided may die
PLEASE HELP US TO HELP THE ANIMALS |
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