Police plead with owners to keep dogs under control after two lambs attacked and killed in Derbyshire

The Derbyshire Rural Crime Team attended an incident in the south of the county on Sunday, April 3 in which a dog had begun to attack livestock.

A DRCT spokesperson said: “Unusually, the police were contacted by the dog owner informing us that their dog was worrying livestock and they could not get it back under control. By the time the dog had been brought under control it had killed two lambs and injured three others - that number may yet rise once the flock has been checked.

“Owning a dog comes with responsibility. That responsibility extends to making sure your dog does not chase or injure livestock. To those who are thinking ‘my dog wouldn’t do that’ or ‘my dog is properly trained’ - in our experience, all of those we deal with don’t believe their dog will ever chase or attack livestock, and that is exactly the reason why the dog is not under proper control.