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#FGTaketheLead: Get your FREE signs to remind dog walkers to keep their dogs on leads in the countryside

#FGTaketheLead signs are available to farmers and landowners to place around their fields to remind dog walkers to keep their dogs on leads.

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#FGTaketheLead: Get your FREE signs to remind dog walkers to keep their dogs on leads in the countryside

Free signs warning dog owners to keep their dogs on a lead near livestock are available through ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian's Take the Lead campaign, in association with the National Sheep Association.

To request yours, send a stamped self-addressed A4 envelope to: FG Take the Lead, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian, Unit 4, Fulwood Business Park, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 9NZ.

We will be able to send up to 25 signs.

READ NOW: Livestock worrying costs farmers £2.4 million a year

A new survey has highlighted a £2.4 million cost to farmers from dog attacks in the UK.

NFU Mutual's survey, which featured 1,116 dog owners, found a 30 per cent rise in livestock attacks by dogs between 2022 and 2023, which had led to either injuries or deaths.

The farm insurer said 'complacency' and an 'inability' from dog owners to control pets had led to the increased figure.

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