Centre gets language supremo’s approval
THIS shocking image shows the decomposing remains of up to 20 illegally butchered sheep found dumped at a beauty spot.
The carcasses and their fleeces, some in black bin bags, were discovered on the Dwyryd estuary near Maentwrog, Gwynedd.
Police say the animals’ ears tags were removed, making it difficult to trace the owner, and the rural crime team is now appealing for help to find those responsible.
The force tweeted: “Up to 20 sheep fleeces and body parts dumped at the Dwyryd Estuary near Maentwrog. Illegal butchering and likely theft.
“We need to know whose responsible. Ear tags removed to avoid detection. Let’s catch the offender together.”
The slaughter of animals, whether or not for human consumption, is governed by strict rules.
Anyone with information about Wednesday’s grim discovery is asked to call police on 101. A DEMENTIA centre of excellence in Caernarfon has been hailed as “naturally Welsh” by the country’s language supremo.
The £7 million Bryn Seiont Newydd, was opened a year ago by Mario and Gill Kreft of the award-winning Pendine Park care organisation on the site of a former community hospital in Pant Road on the outskirts of the town.
At the end of an official visit to the flagship development, Welsh Language Commissioner Meri Huws congratulated the couple for their “innovative” approach to care provision which means more than 80 per cent of its staff are Welsh speakers.
The Commissioner’s role is to promote and facilitate use of the Welsh language and ensuring that in Wales it is treated no less favourably than English.
Ms Huws, who has held the position since 2012, studied law and politics at Aberystwyth and Oxford Universities before starting her career as a social worker in Caernarfon. She later lectured at Bangor and Newport Universities and was Deputy Vice-Chancellor of both Bangor and Trinity St David Universities.
After being shown around Bryn Seiont Newydd and meeting residents and staff, who she chatted to in Welsh, she said: “My interest as Commissioner is the real life experiences of people, and doing all I can to make it possible and easy for them to live their lives through the medium of the language. Perhaps this is partly because of the time I spent working as a social worker in Caernarfon in the early 1980s.
“Since I became Commissioner I have dedicated a lot of time to study how people in social care are allowed to use Welsh as their first language.