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A farmer has been left feeling ‘pretty sick’ after 116 Romney ewes, worth approximately £17,000, disappeared from his 460-strong flock, feared to have been slaughtered.

Rural thieves are targeting farm pick-up trucks, with more than twice as many vehicles stolen each month compared to last year, rural insurer NFU Mutual has warned.Ìý

A dairy farm has been fined £52,650 after pleading guilty to several offences against animal health and welfare, animal by-products and feed legislation.

Dorset Police has launched an appeal for information after a farmer was assaulted by a dog owner while trying to protect his flock from an attack.Ìý

A farmer has voiced his frustration with Cheshire Police for their ’ridiculously’ slow response to a report of 11 calves savaged by dogs.

The Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) is continuing its crackdown on livestock worrying as a ‘horrific’ attack in Kingussie saw dozens of lambs injured and killed.

Police in Lincolnshire are warning farmers to be vigilant following a series of fuel thefts in the area.

A fly tipper has been caught red handed after dashcam footage captured the man dumping rubbish near farmland in North Warwickshire.

A man who set fire to three Norfolk farms killing 120 pigs and causing more than £750,000 worth of damage has been jailed for four years.

Defra’s view that dog attacks on sheep can be stopped by training them with biscuits is ‘naive nonsense’, National Sheep Association chief executive Phil Stocker has said.