Farmer’s reminder in mild of canine assaults
Dogwalkers are being reminded that, irrespective of how good their pet’s recall, a lead ought to at all times be used whenever you’re walking close to sheep.
It’s the time of yr when many ewes across the Island are pregnant, with lambs due any second.
Will Cain is a dairy farmer at Glendown Farm, which retains sheep on the Chasms.
He instructed Manx Radio there might be many penalties of a canine attack: