22 Apr 2024
Always a concern
Dog attacks are always a concern for sheep farmers. Teagasc estimates that there are between 300 and 400 such attacks on Irish farms each year; but I suspect the real number could be much higher if unreported attacks etc. are taken into account.
2024 shaping up to be another bad year?
At any rate, it seems that this may well be a particularly bad year. There have already been attacks leading to significant losses in counties Roscommon, Sligo and Tipperary.
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