Man charged after second sheep attack

TWO HORRIFIC attacks on flocks of sheep, the latest just one week after the first attack which left four sheep dead, with a further seven having to be put down, have taken place near Inveraray.

On Sunday March 11, police captured two husky-type dogs after they were spotted loose among sheep at 5.20pm in a field behind the former Inveraray police station. Three sheep are said to have sustained injuries in the latest attack.

Police attended and two dogs were seized.

The owner of the dogs also attended the scene.

The 55-year-old man, who has not been named, has been charged under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 and will appear in court at a later date.

The two attacks happened a few hundred yards from each other.