The Derbyshire Rural Criminal activity Group are examining an occurrence throughout which a sheep was assaulted by a dog on farmland near Hathersage town centre.
The sheep was whipped in between 8.00 am on Sunday, November 13 and 8.00 am on Monday, November 14. It had its ideal ear swindled and continual serious damage to its ideal eye.
Officers are now trying to trace the owner of the dog, who left the scene without speaking with the farmer.