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Police said the financial and emotional damage to the farmer would be felt for a 'long time'

Cheshire Police said it was the second incident of livestock worrying concerning the dog walker, and the third involving the dog (WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES)

NFU Mutual has released its annual crime report which found incidents had cost farm businesses £52.8m

Police said two calves had been attacked during the incident, but one had sustained a broken leg among its injuries, which led to it being euthanised

Officers said a ewe and a lamb, both of pedigree stock, had been killed during a dog attack

Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team confirmed both dogs involved in killing the sheep had been shot dead

Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team said there had been no excuses for the owner not to have had the dog under control

Derbyshire Rural Crime Team said the farmer found four dead ewes in their field after a dog attack in Buxton

Thames Valley Police Aylesbury Vale said the man had been banned from owning dogs and was ordered to pay over £1,000 in compensation to a farmer following the incident

Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team said livestock worrying incidents had been occurring on a 'frighteningly regular basis'