Agri Safety and Rural Crime news
German supermodel Claudia Schiffer has reportedly agreed to pay out £8,000 after her dog killed a pregnant sheep and mauled two others. Northampton...
Two sheep have been mauled to death and a further six had to be destroyed after a vicious dog attack in Shropshire. The incident happened between S...
A Devon farmer found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal has jailed and banned from keeping cows and sheep. William Douglas Dolley...
Farmers have been urged to increase their vigilance for bluetongue virus after the disease was picked up in two cattle imported from France in Yorkshi...
Sales at a Devon farm shop which was vandalised and received death threats by hardline vegan campaigners have since seen sales double. Greendale Fa...
The first study to test for bovine TB in badgers on the edge of the cattle TB epidemic in England has shown that one in five badgers tested positive f...
A huge blaze thought to be an arson attack has ripped through a farm building owned by James Dyson. The incident, which saw 2,500 straw bales set a...
Police are hunting for three masked men who broke into an Oxfordshire farm and assaulted two people, including a young boy. The three men forced en...
The UK’s "lack of readiness" to regulate pesticides post-Brexit poses "major risks" to environment and human health, according to a new report. The...
The Government has refused Lynx UK Trust's application to reintroduce Euasian Lynx in Northumberland, saying it did not meet the “necessary standards”...
An East Midlands baker was caught using cage eggs in products labelled as using free range eggs, a court was told. The baker - Sandra Hawkins of Fa...
An Irish farmer who drove a teleporter into his neighbour after a long feud over a noisy gas-powered bird-scarer has been jailed for five years. Co...
German supermodel Claudia Schiffer has been warned by police after her dog reportedly killed a pregnant sheep and mauled two others. Northamptonshi...
A farmer who lives in the Scottish Highlands has had 80 of his sheep stolen by livestock rustlers, valued at around £4,400. Police Scotland are app...
Police are appealing for more information after more than £200,000 worth of farming equipment was stolen from an East Lothian farm. Three vehicles ...
The ex-wife of missing Hertfordshire farmer William 'Bill' Taylor has been charged with conspiracy to murder him. Angela Taylor, aged 52, of Charlt...
Farmers have been advised to beware of new hotspots of 'super rats' that are resistant to rodenticides, a report says. In East Anglia and West York...
Four people arrested in connection with the disappearance of a missing Hertfordshire farmer have now been re-arrested. William ‘Bill’ Taylor was la...
The driver of a JCB tractor who was under the influence of alcohol has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by driving. A JCB tractor, a blu...
A man has been jailed for causing “horrific and abhorrent” suffering by making cockerels fight each other. Footage of the fights, recorded on a mob...
Farmers and landowners have warned that fines for people who pass waste to a rogue ‘man and van’ for disposal are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’ in the...
A farmer has been seriously injured after a bull landed on him at a livestock mart in Aberdeenshire. The farmer, Douglas Smith, attended a show at ...
A Devon farming business has been ordered to pay out over £65,000 after a worker was crushed to death by a digger. The farming partnership of MJ an...
A Cambridgeshire farm is at the centre of a major waste crime incident where criminals dumped 25-tonnes of rubbish. A farm near Godmanchester is wo...
A farm charity has highlighted its financial concerns for the coming winter after criminals raided the farm, damaged property and stole a quad-bike. ...
