Animal Welfare (354)

Police in Stroud are appealing to local residents for information after a pet cat was shot with pellets in the Barrowfield Road area of the town.

Jasper, a ginger tom cat, was injured at some time during the evening of Friday March 5 in open land at the back Barrowfield Road.

It's thought that he was shot with two pellets.

Selby district Ruralwatch continues to produce excellent results after members of the scheme helped snare four suspected poachers in the area.

At around 4.30pm on Tuesday 23 February 2010 a Ruralwatch member spotted four men acting suspiciously in the Cliffe area.

St Margarets Street, Ipswich between 3pm and 5pm Monday 22.02.10.

A pet shop was entered and two live rare infant grey/brown giant African tortoises stolen from a secure glass tank.

Calls in relation to this incident should be made to the CIB on 01473 613500.

Alternatively call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

An investigation is underway after a deer was savaged and killed by a lurcher dog in Leyland yesterday afternoon.(Thurs 25 Feb)

The incident took place around 4.30pm outside the front gates to Garth prison where a blue Citroen Berlingo car has pulled up and let out a lurcher dog which has then attacked a nearby deer

A woman is urging other pet owners to be alert after she had to have her cat put down after it came home with injuries to its front paws.

The woman contacted police last week to report the incident as it's thought the animal may have got its paws caught in a trap.

Police would like to warn dog owners to be vigilant after a pet was poisoned.

The incident occurred on Friday February 19 at 5pm on fields surrounding Fulwood Head Farm, Fulwood Head Road, Mayfield Valley, Sheffield.

The incident occurred when a Border Collie being walked by its owner ate something thought to have been laced with strychnine.

Shortly before 12.00 noon on Tuesday 23 February, a 57 year old male police officer, was attacked and bitten by two pit-bull dogs in the back garden of a residential property in Sladedale Road SE18.

Officers were attending the address to arrest the occupant for non-payment of a £1500 fine.

At around 4.30pm on Friday February 19th a black Labrador type dog with a red collar injured three pregnant ewes in a field at Stancombe near North Nibley, potentially causing damage to the un-born lambs.

Police are eager to speak to the owner of the dog and ask that anyone with any information about the incident contacts them.

A green-house at a property in Irchester Road, Rushden, was broken into between 4pm on Monday 15 February and 4pm on Tuesday 16 February.

A large white adult ferret was stolen, along with a ferret box.

Witnesses to this incident, or anyone with information, should call Northamptonshire Police on 03000 111 222.

Wiltshire Police are investigating a number of incidents involving deer on the Hamptworth estate near Landford.

During a relatively short period of time, a considerable number of deer have been found dead on the private estate having been shot.

The offenders used a rifle to target the animals.

A nurse and an in-patient are today recovering from minor dog bites after an incident in the grounds of James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough yesterday (Sunday 14th February).

At around 6.45am police received a call from hospital security staff reporting three Rottweiler dogs were running around the hospital grounds.

Police want to trace the owner of three dogs after one of them seriously injured another dog being taken for a walk in a Kidderminster park.

A woman reported to police that her black schipperke, which was on a lead, was attacked by a grey/white bulldog-type which was one of three dogs running loose in Brinton Park, Sutton Road, at around 5.15pm last Thursday (February 11).

Officers are appealing for information after two separate attacks on sheep in the Pentney area.

The incidents are believed to have taken place at two different locations in the village on Monday, 1 February.

One sheep that was heavily pregnant with two lambs was sadly killed during the attack.

Horse owners are being urged to be vigilant after reports of suspicious activity involving animals in Derwentside.

Early last month police received two reports of plaits mysteriously appearing in the manes of horses in fields at farms in Edmundbyers, near Consett.

Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of six dogs that were stolen from a premises in Barrow Road, Quorn.

At about 1pm yesterday (Monday February 8) officers received a call informing them of the robbery after an occupant of the premises discovered three men attempting to take the dogs.