Gardaí in Clare are appealing to dog owners to ensure their pets are kept under control.
It comes amid a number of reports of livestock being attacked by dogs recently.
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At 3.30 p.m. last Sunday afternoon a farmer saw a large black dog attacking his sheep on his land at Magherabawn in Feakle.
The attack resulted in one of the sheep receiving injuries to his rear legs.
Clare’s Crime Prevention Officer, Sergeant Tríona Brooks says “the owner of a dog is liable in damages for damage caused in an attack on any person by the dog and for injury done by it to any livestock”.
