NFUS asks for harsher penalties for people who let their dogs attack livestock.
NFU Scotland is seeking harsher penalties for people who let their dogs attack livestock, after an Argyll man appeared before the sheriff court.
Nicholas Rowley, of East Princes Street in Rothesay but formerly of Lochgilphead, allowed four dogs he had responsibility for to seriously injure and kill a total of 17 sheep on farmland near Inveraray on March 4 this year, leaving the farmer with damages of around £4,100. The injuries inflicted on the sheep during this attack were so severe that photographs taken afterwards were deemed unsuitable for publication. Rowley previously pled guilty under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953, Section 1(1) and (6) and Sherift Thomas Ward sentenced him to an 80-hour community pay back order to be completed within three months.