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Warning! Farmers WILL shoot your dogs!

Local Farmers, Andrew & Tim Frampton have issued the following warning after an incident on Lewesdon hill earlier today.

“This morning three labradors chased our sheep in the first field at the end of sheep wash lane heading to Lewesdon hill.The owners let them off the lead and they ran riot chasing the young lambs and forcing some ewes down a gully into the common. The dogs then chased the cattle in the next field up.

I would ask all dog owners to keep your dogs on a lead in fields with livestock . As landowners we have the right to shoot dogs caught worrying livestock and chasing the sheep.
Please, if you see fellow dog walkers not with their dogs on the lead in these fields, not picking up dog mess behind them or even roaming around the fields off the footpath – please Inform them to stick to the countryside code.

With the grass laid up for silage making please stay on the footpath and pick up the  sticks you throw for your dogs as bigs ones can damage harvesting machinery.”

Tim Frampton caught three teenagers, 2 boys and a girl and after denying it, they said they couldn’t get the dogs to come back.

”We will shoot dogs if we catch them chasing the sheep. We spent hours lambing the ewes in the middle of the night through January and have no reservations about the repercussions.”

– Andrew & Tim Frampton


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Sheep On Lewesdon Hill Attacked By Dog

Local farmer, Jo Stover is appealing for information and reminding people to keep their dogs on a lead when walking through a field with livestock.
Her message earlier this afternoon: “I have a small group of my Portland ewes in a field along the Wessex Ridgeway on Lewesdon Hill. I checked them at 3 o’clock this afternoon. At 5 ‘o’clock I brought a ram up to the field to join them. I found two ewes had been ATTACKED by a dog. One was bitten on the neck, the other at the back end. All of the ewes were in a state of absolute terror. I believe this attack was from a local dog – the visitors have left because of lockdown. I am very upset and really angry at the disgusting behaviour of the dog owner. Keep your dogs on leads, you are a horrible person.
I know this attack happened between 3 and 5 this afternoon, 5th November. I would appreciate if anyone has further information. And if you are walking anywhere near my fields with your dog off a lead please expect an angry women to tell you to **** off my farm. Please remember a dog bothering sheep may be shot by the farmer.” –  Jo Stover.
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