A Shropshire farmer has been given 100 hours of community service after animal health inspectors found cases of chickens with "severe" foot infections.

Incidents of livestock worrying increased in Devon and Cornwall throughout May according to Police.

Police said the sheep carcasses had been removed and the heads left in the field in Malswick. It is believed that the incident happened overnight between Friday (May 19) and 5pm on Saturday (May 20).

Five lambs killed in suspected 'attack' in the Conwy Valley

Dog owners have been implored to keep their pets on leads at Moel Famau and other areas with livestock

The chicken was killed as part of the attack and, following enquiries, a 20-year-old man from Verwood was interviewed for animal cruelty offences, according to Dorset Police’s rural crime team.

Eradicating anti-social behaviour must be done by society says the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner after four alpacas were rehomed.

Police are appealing for information after a sheep had to be put down after a dog attack near Forfar.

A large number of cows have been mysteriously stolen from a field in Carmarthenshire, leaving police with no leads as to where they ended up or how they were taken. A total of 26 Fresian cows were taken from a field in the Golden Grove area - between Llanarthne and Llandeilo east of Carmarthen.

The Welsh cross lamb at the centre of a bizarre drugs bust in Central Scotland, is now safely returned to its owner.

‘Irresponsible’ dog owners have been blamed after a sheep was brutally attacked and killed in a South Yorkshire field.

A farmer in Devon has been given a suspended prison sentence and a ban on keeping animals for animal welfare offences.

Darran Valley’s Labour councillor Robert Chapman told Caerphilly Observer that the fences are being cut by people who want to access off-road bike routes.

The dog appears to have been dangerously out of control

WARNING GRAPHIC PICTURES. Morven Woodcroft said her five-year-old grandson was left extremely frightened by the find while they walked through a forest.