A community response to a National Problem
SheepWatch UK has been set up in response to the growing number of dog attacks on sheep.
We are receiving emails from across the country and thousands of hits on Facebook - thank you!
SheepWatchUK Conference
'Dog attacks on sheep - Tackling the Issue'
​3rd June   Loughborough
Picture
See the clip of us on BBC Countryfile 
Learn more about the situation across the UK and also learn more about what we do.

Watch here
If there isn't a report, there isn't a crime
Without statistics things won't change
If your sheep have been attacked by dogs 
Tell the police or LET US KNOW
or Text 07918941398 
Post code / Number of sheep killed / bitten / chased 

If yours is not listed on the slides opposite please let us know 
​(they are in rough date order)
Attacks in January
Total 140 sheep dead, 75 injured, 5 dogs shot
Attacks so far in Feb 
Total 199 sheep dead, 65 injured, 7 dogs killed
Attacks to date
Over 900

None of these figures includes the sheep that will die of shock later, or the lambs that will abort from those that have been chased. 
Below is a roll call of the sheep killed or injured (graphic)
Who are we working with?
We are very proud to say that we are working with the following organisations, who are offering us guidance and advice.
  • NFU South East
  • National Sheep Association
  • Kennel Club
  • Meon Valley Southdown
  • Butterfly Conservation
​If you would like to help us and support us, please email TerenaPlowright@gmail.com
It's not just the injured that suffer
When dogs chase sheep, they are placed under stress (even if it does not bite them), and it can have several effects:
  • ​they may die later that day or later that week from shock - yes really
  • they may abort their lambs
  • they may be too stressed to conceive
  • some just lie down and won't get up again
​Aims
  • To reduce the number of dog attacks on sheep
    • To promote the safety and well being of the UK flock
    • To encourage education about sheep farming to general public
 
Objective
  • To educate the general public to keep their dogs on leads near sheep and help to protect their National Flock
  • Ask farmers to put signs up to indicate that sheep are in the field to remove the excuse 'I didnt know there were sheep in the field'
  • To work towards a fine if dogs are off leads in a field with sheep - regardless of whether it is chasing them
  • To set up a website to record the true depth of the problem (funding has now been received).
  • To work out the cost to the industry
  • To drive this campaign at community level
It affects the farmers too
People don't realise how badly it affects farmers.  To find any animal suffering is horrific - to find one of your own in pain causes real upset and distress (we apologise if this picture offends - it offended us too which is why we are doing something about it).
Thanks for your support
​ Website - Thanks to Hattie and Helen we now have the funding to put together a website for SheepWatch UK - we are working on it now.  We also the money to get us to Crufts this year.  We have been invited by the Kennel Club to talk to their representatives and others at the event to join together to get this problem sorted.
Logo - Thanks to Paul Martin for support through logo creation.
Thank all of you for helping
PLEASE  DONATE
If you have the kind urge to help us fund all this activity, you can donate here.  No wages are paid with this money.  It will be used for things like, paper, ink, travel, hall hire, conferences, etc.  We will put up a page next week listing donations and also state where the money has been spent.    We don't have a fancy way to pay - we are just community folk.
To contact SheepWatch UK please email TerenaPlowright@gmail.com.  
We are also on Facebook and Twitter
Sponsorship - If you want to sponsor SheepWatch UK please contact us