Animal Welfare Offences (233)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Runnymede neighbourhood officers are urging residents and dog walkers to remain vigilant after a number of illegal rabbit traps were recently discovered in a public park in Row Town.

Members of the public have reported that a number of home-made traps and snares have been set up at various points in common land in the Hare Hill Open Space.

Police are appealing for information after a number of cats in the Margaret Avenue area of Long Eaton were poisoned.

To date, four cats have shown signs of anti-freeze poisoning.

Three of those affected have died and one is alive but sustained kidney damage.

A resident of Margaret Avenue said:

Police are appealing for information after a dog in Alfreton was severely injured by an elastic band placed around its throat.

Tru, a Jack Russell belonging to Maria Thompson of Alfreton, had a red elastic band placed around her throat, which cut into her fur and flesh causing a deep wound.

Two more dangerous dogs have been seized by Officers in Bradford.

The two dogs which are believed to be Dogo Argentinos were taken from a house on Manscombe Road in the Allerton area last night.

A Bradford Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) have arrested three men and seized what is believed to be a dangerous dog following an intelligence led operation.

Officers from the Manningham and Toller NPT took the dog from a vehicle on Lumb Lane at 7.45pm last night (18th January).