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Police are urging people to keep their dogs on lead around livestock Picture: Ian Knight

Dogs ‘rip lamb from inside pregnant ewe’ on farm near Mere

A EWE – believed to have been pregnant – was brutally attacked by two dogs on a farm near…

Shane Chapman, of Verwood, has been handed a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO). Picture: Dorset Police

Shane Chapman sentenced over assault and theft at West Dorset ‘illegal hunting incident’

VERWOOD man Shane Chapman admitted two charges of assault and theft in connection with an ‘illegal hunting incident’ in…

Warminster man sexually assaulted farm worker colleague, 18

A WARMINSTER man has been jailed after admitting he sexually assaulted a male colleague. Roy King, 60, of Cley Hill…

Appeal after reports hunt pursued fox illegally near Sherborne

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to come forward after reports a fox was illegally pursued by a hunt near…

Wiltshire farmer Daniel Hayward guilty of mistreating livestock

WILTSHIRE farmer Daniel Hayward has received a suspended prison sentence after he admitted mistreating animals. Hayward, of Bratton, was…

The first poacher block has been installed in Wiltshire. Picture: Wiltshire Police

Poacher blocks being handed to Wiltshire farmers to cut hare coursing

A NUMBER of farmers in Wiltshire have handed ‘poacher blocks’ in a bid to curb illegal hare coursing on…

Jeremy Clarkson, main picture, led the farmers' protest in London, where Somerset MPs met campaigners

IHT protest: Farmers’ fury over inheritance tax changes – explainer and reaction

FARMERS parked their tractors firmly on the Government’s lawn during a demonstration against planned changes to inheritance tax on…

Show organiser, Cat Harris

“Impractical” Gillingham & Shaftesbury Spring Show cancelled

THE Gillingham & Shaftesbury Spring Show is no more, it has been announced. Organisers said the decision to axe the…

Rare fungi thought to be extinct found growing at Dorset farm

A RARE fungi thought to have been extinct in the UK has been spotted in a farm at Shillingstone. The…

Tractor and hedge trimmer stolen from Hazelbury Bryan

POLICE are investigating the theft of a tractor and hedge trimmer in Hazelbury Bryan in Dorset. It was reported that…