tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post6356808539746090907..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Very worrying.Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-36255226019383948822016-03-08T18:25:30.793+00:002016-03-08T18:25:30.793+00:00B, it's a technical term. Go with the flow.
...B, it's a technical term. Go with the flow. <br /><br />RT, those numbers seem very alarming, but ball park I would assume they are correct - there are tens of millions of sheep and cattle in this country, so if one or two percent are attacked by dogs every year, would not surprise me. <br /><br />Ch, could be either, but whatever the figures are, my sympathies are with the farmers.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-46194969790156858892016-03-08T17:21:06.081+00:002016-03-08T17:21:06.081+00:00Is it incidents, or the reporting of incidents, th...Is it incidents, or the reporting of incidents, that are increasing?Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075105127558792570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-63493361312070729682016-03-08T08:24:12.190+00:002016-03-08T08:24:12.190+00:00Whilst not wishing to downplay the awfulness of do...Whilst not wishing to downplay the awfulness of dogs worrying farm animals, what is the true situation when in the second bullet, much is made of a 60% rise in incidents over each of the last 3 years. How many and in what context?Richard Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225331967587897653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-72177882890958599972016-03-07T19:21:49.222+00:002016-03-07T19:21:49.222+00:00"Sheep worrying" is a silly term and lea..."Sheep worrying" is a silly term and leads people to think "What's so bad about the sheep being worried? Aren't sheep always worried?". It should be called what it is, which is sheep-killing. If the sheep counter-attacked (which they do, sometimes, especially ewes defending their lambs) the walker wouldn't say that his dog was worried by a sheep, would he?It's like telling children not to accept sweets from a stranger when they don't know what a "stranger" is. Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-48071504956333534552016-03-07T18:18:14.670+00:002016-03-07T18:18:14.670+00:00B, fair point.B, fair point.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-77973264397608799772016-03-07T17:42:40.649+00:002016-03-07T17:42:40.649+00:00Wouldn't that be the worst of both worlds? Dea...Wouldn't that be the worst of both worlds? Dead sheep and no-one to sue.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.com