21 Aug 2018
'No more excuses' - sheep mauled by dog just weeks after similar brutal attack
Just weeks after a sheep brutally had its throat ripped out by a dog, another has been attacked on the North Downs.
Dog walkers have repeatedly been warned to keep their dogs on a lead while walking in the Surrey beauty spot, as a flock of sheep is kept on the land.
The latest incident, which left a sheep badly mauled, happened some time between the afternoon of November 29 and the morning of November 30.
The sheep are kept by the Downlands Partnership, a conservation group that keeps the sheep in order to maintain the biodiversity of the North Downs.
2nd dog attack this year at Happy Valley. Area is clearly signed and gates locked. No more excuses for needless suffering of the sheep that help maintain these beautiful chalk hills. Leash your dog when in livestock areas. @ExploreSurreyUK @CityCommons pic.twitter.com/UnVX2ytY52
— DownlandsLivestock (@Downygrazers)2nd dog attack this year at Happy Valley. Area is clearly signed and gates locked. No more excuses for needless suffering of the sheep that help maintain these beautiful chalk hills. Leash your dog when in livestock areas. @ExploreSurreyUK @CityCommons pic.twitter.com/UnVX2ytY52
— DownlandsLivestock (@Downygrazers) November 30, 2017
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Clear signs have been posted around the valley and the sheep grazing paddock warning of the dangers of dogs near sheep, and the paddock itself has a dog control order that makes it against the law to walk a dog without a lead.
The attack comes after an incident in August where a sheep had its throat ripped out by a dog at the paddock.
- Anyone with information about the latest dog attack is asked to call the Downlands Partnership Grazing team on 07968 832692.
Getting our Take the Lead signs
We have 1,000s of livestock worrying signs which you can nail to gateposts or fenceposts near footpaths to highlight the problem to walkers.
If you would like some of these signs, please send a stamped, self-addressed A4 envelope to
FG Take the Lead, Farmers Guardian,
Unit 4, Fulwood Business Park,
Preston, Lancashire,
PR2 9NZ.
You will need at least three First Class or Second Class stamps on to cover postage costs. We will be able send up to 25 signs.
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