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Dogs in Tipperary out of control
Madraí i dTiobraid Árann as smacht & ag marú caorach.
Farmers in south County Tipperary say dogs have killed up to 30 sheep there in the past week.
Deir feirmeoirí i ndeisceart Chontae Thiobraid Árann go bhfuil madraí tar éis suas le 30 caora a mharú ansin le seachtain anuas.
Farmers in the Meldon Hill Mountains have found the dead sheep and young lambs on the hill in recent days. They say they saw two dogs chasing the sheep on the hill but they don’t know where the dogs have gone now. local, PJ English, that the farming community in the area is upset by what has happened.
Tháinig Feoirmeoirí ar Shléibhte Chnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh ar na caoirigh agus na huain óga marbh ar an gcnoc le laethanta anuas.Deir said go bhfaca siad dhá mhadra ag dul i ndiaidh na gcaorach ar an gcnoc ach níl fhios acu cá bhfuil na madraí imithe anois.Dúirt feirmeoir aitiúil, PJ English, go bhfuil an pobal feoirmeoireachta sa cheantar trína chéile ag an méid atá tárlaithe.
He said the incident has shocked them and has also cost them a great deal of money.
Dúirt sé go bhfuil an eachtra tar éis alltacht a chur orthu agus go bhfuil cailliúint mhór airgid i gceist chomh maith dóibh.
He said some farmers were now going uphill at 4am to look after their sheep as they are afraid the dogs will return. Today the Farmers Association petitioned the Department of Agriculture to impose a heavier penalty. they do not control their dogs or damage farm animals.
Dúirt se go raibh cuid de na feirmeoirí ag dul ar an gcnoc ar 4am anois ag féachaint ar a gcuid caorach mar go bhfuil eagla ortha go bhfillfidh na madraí arís.Inniu rinne Cumann na bhFeirmeoirí achainní ar an Roinn Talmhaiochta go gcuirfí pionós níos troime ar dhaoine nach bhfuil a gcuid madraí faoi smacht acu nó a dhéanann damáiste d’ainmhithe feirme.
John Joe FitzGerald of the Association said that farmers are at the end of the feud and are worried about dogs getting out of control.
Dúirt John Joe Mac Gearailt ón gCumann go bhfuil feirmeoirí i ndeireadh na feide agus go bhfuil imní orthu de bharr madraí a bheith imithe ó smacht.
He said an incident had recently occurred in County Kerry in which a dog of Alsatian breeds had gone out of control from a man on the hill and that dog had killed a sheep.
Dúirt sé gur tharla eachtra i gContae Chiarraí le deanaí inar imigh madra de phór Alsatian ó smacht ó fhear ar an gcnoc agus gur mharaigh an madra sin caora.
“People or pedestrians are not allowed to bring dogs on the hill and if they do, the Gardaí will be called,” said John Joe. then find the dogs on the mountains.
“Níl aon chead ag daoine nó coisithe madraí a thabhairt ar an gcnoc agus má dhéanann, glaofar ar na Gardaí”, a dúirt John Joe.Tá gearán déanta leis na Gardaí faoin marú atá tárlaithe i dTiobraid Árann agus iarrachtaí ar bun go foill ag feirmeoirí ansin teacht ar na madraí ar na sléibhte.