When Dorset Council officers and a vet visited their address in Three Legged Cross, it was found that the canines did not have a suitable environment and diet, they were not able to exhibit normal behaviour patterns and they were not protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease.

Dorset Police has issued a statement about the investigation into the death of a rare white-tailed sea eagle found dead on a shooting estate in North Dorset in Jaunary.

A third man has been arrested in connection with cruelty to deer and hares in Dorset.

Officers are now appealing for anyone with information about the incident, which took place on Saturday, September 24, to come forward.

Just after midnight on Monday morning (October 3) police were called with reports of a suspicious vehicle on a farm in the Affpuddle area, and a farm building storing horse tack was broken into.

The sprawling mass of rubbish that covers 2.5 acres of the bucolic Dorset landscape was uncovered in a joint operation staged by police and officers from the Environment Agency.

A Dorset farmer and a dog owner have agreed out of court after six sheep were injured by a dog.

Police have issued photos of the man they're seeking after a farmer was assaulted in his field in south Dorset

Rural crime officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward following the reported theft of plant machinery and power tools near Wareham.

A spokesperson for the police force's rural crime team described the site as "significant" in size.

Dorset Police’s Rural Crime Team, Environment Agency, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) raided a site piled high with waste.

The farmer told police that the dog owner came up to him and then assaulted him.

TWO swans were found dead in the River Allen after being shot in the head.

Dorset Police received a report that between 10am and 12pm on Saturday, August 27 four sheep were the victims of a dog attack on land near to the main car park at Ringstead.

POLICE have recovered a caravan that was stolen from Lytchett Matravers last week.