Gang set two dogs on sheep (From The Argus)
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Gang set dogs on to sheep in Rottingdean
6:20pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012 in News
Martin Carr with some of his flock
A girl aged around seven years old was among a gang that set dogs on a flock of sheep, it is claimed.
The savage attack happened on Sunday (February 19) afternoon at Balsdean Farm near Rottingdean.
One pregnant ewe was so badly mauled that farmer Martin Carr had to shoot it to end its suffering.
Police are hunting two men in connection with the incident.
According to the two walkers who called police, the men were accompanied by two teenage boys and a dark-haired young girl.
One dog was described as black and white with a scarred face while the other was white.
After a time they saw them come back down the hill with the two dogs who were both covered in blood
Farmer Martin Carr
Martin said: “The group were seen walking into my sheep fields with the two Staffordshire bull terriers.
“After a time they saw them come back down the hill with the two dogs who were both covered in blood.”
When Martin got the call from police, he raced to his field to see what damage had been done.
Huddled in a corner, most of his terrified sheep had escaped injury – but one female had suffered horrific wounds.
Martin said: “The dogs had obviously bitten her in the face.
"She was heavily pregnant so she wouldn’t have been able to run fast enough to escape.
“She was struggling to survive but there was clearly no hope for her. It was so sad.”
Martin said those responsible for the attack were “less than human”.
Description
The first man is described as white, age around 29, 6ft, average build, wearing a grey hoodie and dark joggers.
The second man is described as wearing dark clothing.
The men were reported to have been accompanied by three teenagers and two young children.
One of the teenage boys is described as age 13 to 14, with shoulder-length wavy hair, dark rimmed glasses, wearing a grey and black zip-up jacket.
The other teenage boy is described as age 14, with short dark hair, lean, wearing dark sportswear. The girl is described as being aged around 7 with dark hair.
Police are asking these men to contact them as soon as possible. Anyone with information is asked to contact Sussex Police on 101 quoting serial 1130.
Comments(28)
jackie1959
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10:46pm Wed 22 Feb 12
sdhgfhfuyt
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10:49pm Wed 22 Feb 12
greeg2
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7:50am Thu 23 Feb 12
claire789
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8:39am Thu 23 Feb 12
jimbobmaginty
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8:52am Thu 23 Feb 12
plantwoman wrote:And the scum that set the dogs free!
What a shame he didn't catch them in the act - he would have been perfectly within his rights to shoot the dogs!
jackie1959
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9:11am Thu 23 Feb 12
greeg2
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9:19am Thu 23 Feb 12
jackie1959 wrote:Come on Jackie it's gonna' end up on your dinner plate !You're obviously one of those fanatical skunk smoking vegans.
Greeg2,Its ONLY a Sheep??????? That poor sheep was a living thing,that suffered in the hands of some evil,horrible people.If and when they catch them,and their dogs,they ALL need putting down,preferbly,with a shotgun,like the poor farmer had to do with his pregnant sheep!!
Pitviper
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9:27am Thu 23 Feb 12
greeg2 wrote:ok greeg2 we'll let the dogs savage you and then we can all say "it was ONLY a greeg2 and we can replace him if we have to"!!!!!!
jackie1959 wrote: Greeg2,Its ONLY a Sheep??????? That poor sheep was a living thing,that suffered in the hands of some evil,horrible people.If and when they catch them,and their dogs,they ALL need putting down,preferbly,with a shotgun,like the poor farmer had to do with his pregnant sheep!!Come on Jackie it's gonna' end up on your dinner plate !You're obviously one of those fanatical skunk smoking vegans.
Crystal Ball
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9:47am Thu 23 Feb 12
Humans are at fault for trying to control animals, Nature and the planet. And they will always bite back, both figuratively and literally.
AmboGuy
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10:32am Thu 23 Feb 12
Pitviper wrote:Greeg2 is a notorious troll on this site, he says stupid things to get a reaction.
greeg2 wrote:ok greeg2 we'll let the dogs savage you and then we can all say "it was ONLY a greeg2 and we can replace him if we have to"!!!!!!
jackie1959 wrote: Greeg2,Its ONLY a Sheep??????? That poor sheep was a living thing,that suffered in the hands of some evil,horrible people.If and when they catch them,and their dogs,they ALL need putting down,preferbly,with a shotgun,like the poor farmer had to do with his pregnant sheep!!Come on Jackie it's gonna' end up on your dinner plate !You're obviously one of those fanatical skunk smoking vegans.
greeg2
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11:35am Thu 23 Feb 12
AmboGuy wrote:Everything's stupid to you because you don't understand anything.
Pitviper wrote:Greeg2 is a notorious troll on this site, he says stupid things to get a reaction.greeg2 wrote:ok greeg2 we'll let the dogs savage you and then we can all say "it was ONLY a greeg2 and we can replace him if we have to"!!!!!!jackie1959 wrote: Greeg2,Its ONLY a Sheep??????? That poor sheep was a living thing,that suffered in the hands of some evil,horrible people.If and when they catch them,and their dogs,they ALL need putting down,preferbly,with a shotgun,like the poor farmer had to do with his pregnant sheep!!Come on Jackie it's gonna' end up on your dinner plate !You're obviously one of those fanatical skunk smoking vegans.
greeg2
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11:40am Thu 23 Feb 12
Pitviper wrote:I'm one up on a sheep,being in a position to defend myself.Also,by the time the comments have stopped on this article,they'll be more people on my side than yours.
greeg2 wrote:ok greeg2 we'll let the dogs savage you and then we can all say "it was ONLY a greeg2 and we can replace him if we have to"!!!!!!jackie1959 wrote: Greeg2,Its ONLY a Sheep??????? That poor sheep was a living thing,that suffered in the hands of some evil,horrible people.If and when they catch them,and their dogs,they ALL need putting down,preferbly,with a shotgun,like the poor farmer had to do with his pregnant sheep!!Come on Jackie it's gonna' end up on your dinner plate !You're obviously one of those fanatical skunk smoking vegans.
jackie1959
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11:41am Thu 23 Feb 12
greeg2
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11:51am Thu 23 Feb 12
jackie1959 wrote:You heard !
Greeg2.. Grow up and get a life!!if you cannot say anything sensible,just keep quiet!!
Yes i'm right
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12:16pm Thu 23 Feb 12
greeg2 wrote:Don't blame the dogs! It's the brainless morons who train dogs to attack who are the culprits. Better to shoot the scum that own the dogs, then send them to a better home!
Pitviper wrote:I'm one up on a sheep,being in a position to defend myself.Also,by the time the comments have stopped on this article,they'll be more people on my side than yours.
greeg2 wrote:ok greeg2 we'll let the dogs savage you and then we can all say "it was ONLY a greeg2 and we can replace him if we have to"!!!!!!jackie1959 wrote: Greeg2,Its ONLY a Sheep??????? That poor sheep was a living thing,that suffered in the hands of some evil,horrible people.If and when they catch them,and their dogs,they ALL need putting down,preferbly,with a shotgun,like the poor farmer had to do with his pregnant sheep!!Come on Jackie it's gonna' end up on your dinner plate !You're obviously one of those fanatical skunk smoking vegans.
Twittern Wanderer
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1:42pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Crystal Ball
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2:04pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Twittern Wanderer wrote:Er, wrong article or are you confessing to something?
Just been on bigbustycoons.com to see how much money these Tycoons are making out of the bendy buses.
Twittern Wanderer
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2:24pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Crystal Ball wrote:Just trying to lighten the situation here ;)
Twittern Wanderer wrote:Er, wrong article or are you confessing to something?
Just been on bigbustycoons.com to see how much money these Tycoons are making out of the bendy buses.
Crystal Ball
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2:42pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Twittern Wanderer wrote:Good point. I think this article and the resultant posts were in danger of prompting a "Pistols/handbags at dawn" scenario!
Crystal Ball wrote:Just trying to lighten the situation here ;)
Twittern Wanderer wrote:Er, wrong article or are you confessing to something?
Just been on bigbustycoons.com to see how much money these Tycoons are making out of the bendy buses.
Twittern Wanderer
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2:47pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Mr_Tom
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2:48pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Crystal Ball wrote:well, I was up for tearing Greeg2's face off but he seems to have buggered off. . good riddance too! I do hate web trolls.. probably some loser with nothing better to do who's trying to shock and annoy! clearly it worked! as for bendy buses I hear that London is losing them in favour of the old 'routemaster' style buses with a conductor!
Twittern Wanderer wrote:Good point. I think this article and the resultant posts were in danger of prompting a "Pistols/handba
Crystal Ball wrote:Just trying to lighten the situation here ;)
Twittern Wanderer wrote:Er, wrong article or are you confessing to something?
Just been on bigbustycoons.com to see how much money these Tycoons are making out of the bendy buses.
gs at dawn" scenario!
Crystal Ball
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3:35pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Pitviper
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4:22pm Thu 23 Feb 12
greeg2 wrote:AND A BRAIN SMALLER THAN THAT OF A SHEEP!
Pitviper wrote:I'm one up on a sheep,being in a position to defend myself.Also,by the time the comments have stopped on this article,they'll be more people on my side than yours.greeg2 wrote:ok greeg2 we'll let the dogs savage you and then we can all say "it was ONLY a greeg2 and we can replace him if we have to"!!!!!!jackie1959 wrote: Greeg2,Its ONLY a Sheep??????? That poor sheep was a living thing,that suffered in the hands of some evil,horrible people.If and when they catch them,and their dogs,they ALL need putting down,preferbly,with a shotgun,like the poor farmer had to do with his pregnant sheep!!Come on Jackie it's gonna' end up on your dinner plate !You're obviously one of those fanatical skunk smoking vegans.
ron1952
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9:08pm Thu 23 Feb 12
Martin Carr
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7:23pm Fri 24 Feb 12
"I make no apologies for the following:
This sheep was still alive, after an apparently deliberate attack.
I regularly stick my arm, elbows deep into sheep which are trying to abort foetuses which have been dead for 2-3 weeks or more (edit: to save the sheep); those foetuses are bloated and rotten and often come out in seperate pieces as i rip them apart in the womb; this I do without hesitation, fear or retching.
But to find this ewe and to watch her black battered tongue pant in the tattered remnants of her mouth, and to see her wind pipe flutter as she tries to regain her breath after this attack. To watch her weakly try to keep her destroyed head up in the air to prevent her jawbone and shattered teeth scratching on the earth as she tries to survive; that takes me to my limit.
And to know as I take photos of her for evidence that this was a deliberate act, and that the perpatraters had left her suffering like this deliberatley. Should they deserve the name human?"
The Argus shied away from the photos and that text.
jackie1959
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8:03am Sat 25 Feb 12
claire789
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8:57am Sat 25 Feb 12
plantwoman says...
7:50pm Wed 22 Feb 12