Husky dogs killed sheep in Millom after delivery person failed to lock gate
Date of alert:
Tuesday, 19 July 2022
Crime Ref:
Force:
Cumbria Constabulary
THE owner of husky dogs that savaged sheep on nearby farms after a gate was left open by a delivery person has been told to pay more than £10,000 in compensation.
A court heard how seven dogs owned by Paul Richard Sheldon escaped from his home after the delivery person failed to bolt a garden gate.
More than a dozen sheep at four farms were killed by the dogs and several more were injured before the pets were able to be recovered, a court heard.
The animals were on the loose for up to a day before they were found, the court was told.
Sheldon, 43, admitted four counts of being the owner of a dog that worried livestock.
South Cumbria Magistrates' Court heard the incidents happened between December 13 and 14 2021.
The dogs managed to escape from the garden of Sheldon's property in Salthouse Road, Millom.
Some of them were quickly found but the last two were not tracked down until the next day.
By that time 16 sheep had died with Sheldon accepting responsibility.
