Farmers speak out over sheep massacre

By The Newsroom
Published 19th Jun 2013, 16:25 BST
Farmers Richard Grover and his son David. They lost sheep after they were killed by a dogFarmers Richard Grover and his son David. They lost sheep after they were killed by a dog
Farmers Richard Grover and his son David. They lost sheep after they were killed by a dog
A farmer and his son have been talking about the devastation caused to their flock by two dogs that went on the rampage, leaving 26 sheep dead or dying and one missing.

When David Grover went to inspect his father’s flock last Thursday, he came across a massacre.

Dead and wounded sheep, some of them lambs, were blooded in the field, others were lifeless or drowning in a nearby stream and the River Ouse.

“There was a lot of blood,” said David.

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The dead sheepThe dead sheep
The dead sheep

“A lamb’s neck was twisted and it couldn’t stand and I had to shoot it. I felt sickened.”

Richard Grover, who owns the mixed flock of Suffolks, Jacobs and Textals at Freshfield Mill Farm, Scaynes Hill was in Ipswich on the day of the attack and rushed home after being contacted by his son, David, on a mobile phone from the field.