Spring warning for dog owners

Thursday, 17 March 2016 00:00

Dog owners are being warned to keep their pets under control this spring.

It follows a report last night of a dog worrying sheep in the south of the Island.

Police say they don't have to attack the farm animals to kill them - sometimes just chasing them can prove fatal.

Farmers are entitled to shoot any dog that they believe to be worrying their livestock under the Dogs Act of 1990.

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