With some farms throughout the nation having already began lambing, Welsh farming social media mogul Gareth Wyn Jones has taken to X to ask canine walkers to please contemplate farmers this season and maintain their dogs on a lead.
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In the video he stated ‘that is our workplace’ and as a lot as farmers need all walkers to benefit from the countryside, he urged them to ‘be vigilant’ and to ‘please, please, please’ maintain your canine below management.
Dogs on leads 🙏 pic.twitter.com/Tdzpth1ca8
— Gareth Wyn Jones (@1GarethWynJones) March 11, 2024
He reminded individuals of the consequences canine assaults have on farmers – something from a curious canine merely spooking sheep may cause enormous injury.
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He stated: “Even if you’re simply walking the place there are sheep and lambs, the canine may even simply disturb, particularly a young ewe. It doesn’t need to chase it, it simply must be nosey and dogs are inquisitive.
“It may then depart its lamb and by no means come again to it.”
FG Take the Lead
Farmers Guardian’s Take the Lead marketing campaign supplies key info on walking dogs safely within the countryside and has indicators available for farmers to make use of on their land.
