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Dog attacks on livestock have terrible consequences (file photos) Picture: Pixabay POLICE have stepped up patrols around North Yorkshire farms over the bank holiday to help keep livestock safe from dog attacks. Officers from North Yorkshire Police’s Rural Task Force and Neighbourhood Policing Teams having been visiting areas where sheep worrying incidents are regularly reported to reassure farmers, and speak to dog walkers. The have been emphasising the devastating consequences of dog attacks on sheep, and the importance of keeping pets under control at all times. So far this year, ...

Two men have been arrested over robbery, weapons and drugs offences by police searching for poachers.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched in a bid to get dog walkers to keep their pets under control around livestock. North Yorkshire Police’s Rural Task Force and Neighbourhood Policing Teams will be visiting those areas where sheep worrying incidents are regularly reported to reassure farmers and speak to dog walkers. They will be emphasising the consequences of dog attacks on sheep and the importance of keeping pets under control at all times. There have been 12 reports of such incidents in York and North Yorkshire this year, with every district in the county suffering at least one dog att...

POLICE have stepped up patrols around North Yorkshire farms, to help keep livestock safe from dog attacks. Officers from North Yorkshire Police’s Rural Task Force and Neighbourhood Policing Teams will be visiting those areas where sheep worrying incidents are regularly reported to reassure farmers, and speak to dog walkers. They’ll be emphasising the devastating consequences of dog attacks on sheep, and the importance of keeping pets under control at all times. As COVID-19 restrictions ease, more people may travel to the countryside with their pets, increasing the risk of ‘sheep w...

Police dog sniffs out drugs cash and weapons as two arrested during morning raid Two people have been arrested over drugs, money laundering and weapons offences after a police dog sniffed-out a quantity of drugs and cash during a morning raid. Early on Friday, officers from the Burnley and rural task force executed two drugs warrants in the Ightenhill area of the town. A police sniffer dog, PD Jerry, was deployed to help hunt down any suspcious packages and was able to recover suspected drugs and a quantity of cash. As a result a man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of bein...