Excellent and honest piece here from Dartmoor’s Livestock Protection Officer, Karla McKechnie.
Karla echoes here what we have been saying for years: the key to stopping dogs from worrying, chasing, attacking or killing livestock such as sheep is stronger dog training.
Karla is absolutely right. With years and years of experience attending attacks on livestock animals by dogs on and around Dartmoor National Park, stronger legislation is not going to change things.
The Association of Responsible Dog Owners remain absolutely committed to spearheading shareholder awareness and education in this area.
By working with the farming sector, rural crime teams and DEFRA, rather than pushing against one another as per the past 70 years, we believe that we can bring about effective reductions in attacks, and significant increases in education and responsible dog ownership.
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