The number of bluetongue cases in Norfolk and Kent could soon reach 50 as farmers and vets have organised an 'urgent' meeting to discuss the situation.

A Gloucestershire farmer has pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a ram, failing in his duty of care to five ewes and also of failing to dispose of the carcasses of at least five sheep.

Police are warning the public to ensure they have control of their pets when around livestock, after three dogs were recently shot in Cheshire alone.

A woman was airlifted to hospital with a broken leg after being attacked by a cow in Yorkshire on New Year’s Day.

Police are set to be given further powers to crack down on livestock worrying as part of new proposals to secure more prosecutions.

This Christmas one family in Carmarthenshire only want one thing, for their pet donkey to come home.

Dorset pig farmer James Hull has spoken of his “horror” as two of his valued Tamworth sows were illegally slaughtered and butchered in a field just yards away from his house in the run-up to Christmas.

The dog owner was fined and ordered to pay court costs of £790

The owners of a Lincolnshire village farm have thanked everyone for their offers of help following a large barn fire.

Police are appealing for information after a sheep was killed with a hammer and stolen from a field.

Police are reminding dog owners to make sure they have control over their dogs when they are walking in the countryside over the festive period.

Avon and Somerset Police said beef cattle had been stolen from a farm in Shepton Mallet

A farming business has been fined after a woman was killed after being butted several times by a cow.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is appealing for information following a “worrying” third report of stolen sheep in Co. Antrim in recent weeks.

New cases of bluetongue have brought the total number to 22 since the initial outbreak last month, but there is still 'no evidence' the virus is circulating, Defra says.