Sightings of more loose dogs reported near Moffat
It comes shortly after a pack of ten dogs attacked sheep in the same area
Last updated 9th Nov 2023
Sightings of more dogs near Moffat are being reported, following on from an incident on Sunday the 9th of July, when a pack of ten dogs attacked sheep.
Police responded to calls of concern about a dog loose on the motorway near Beattock. In a statement, a Police Scotland spokesperson said:
“We received multiple reports of a dog running loose on the A74(M) and M74 north of Moffat during the morning of Thursday, 13 July.
“The area was extensively searched by officers but the animal was not be traced.”
It comes after several dogs were captured and taken to Dumfries & Galloway Canine Rescue Centre to receive care on Sunday, following the attack on sheep which resulted in the death of four dogs.
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Dog enthusiast Lee Herron runs the ‘Lost Dogs Dumfries & Galloway’ page, and became involved in efforts to capture the six surviving dogs.
She is urging anyone with information about the recent sightings to report as much information as possible: “If people do sight the dogs, the information we’d be looking for would be where they’ve seen them, the date, the time, an exact location as far as you can give us, and exact descriptions of how they’re acting.
"Are they running, are they walking, are they tired, how would you describe their behaviour? And if you can, what direction they’ve headed off in.
“Ideally, if you can get a picture of them that would really help as well, to confirm what dogs they actually are.”
Lee says she is looking to gather as much information as possible in order to track the dogs movements.
She’s also urging the public not to attempt capturing the dogs themselves, or to rush to the location of sightings so as not to scare any animals.