A CO-ORDINATED crime fighting campaign has seen cases of sheep worrying during lambing time drop by nearly 40 per cent on the year.
The three-month campaign, led by Police Scotland, saw 43 livestock worrying incidents reported – all but two of these cases involving sheep.
Like last year, most incidents involved a single dog and in more than half of these the offending dog was local to the area and was either roaming free or otherwise not under proper control.