We are appealing for the public’s help to identify the owner of a dog believed to be involved in a series of fatal sheep attacks in Mid Devon. Officers are investigating nine reports of sheep worrying and attacks at farms in the Cheriton Fitzpaine, Credit...
Release date: 19/09/2026
Officers investigating a report of an elderly man who sustained serious injuries after being jumped at by a dog in Plymouth, are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. The incident took place at around 9.15am on Saturday 1 August near The Sundial on...
Release date: 02/08/2026
Police are appealing for witnesses after 81 lambs were discovered missing from a farm in Kenn near Exeter earlier this week. The farmer has been feeding the flock daily and noticed the drop in numbers when he brought the livestock in for shearing on 22 J...
Release date: 24/07/2026
Officers are investigating a report of an elderly woman who sustained a serious leg injury after being bitten by a dog in Hayle and are appealing for more information. The incident took place on Sunday 24 April at 3.20pm when the woman was walking her own...
Release date: 15/07/2026
A man has been arrested and two dogs seized after police executed an animal welfare warrant at a property in Mid Devon. Officers carried out the warrant at a property in Clayhanger, on the Devon/Somerset border, at around 7am on Monday 11 May, following c...
Release date: 11/06/2026
We are appealing for witnesses and footage following a report of a seagull being attacked in St Ives. Devon & Cornwall Police received a third hand report about the incident which is said to have taken place on the seafront on the afternoon of Wednesd...
Release date: 11/06/2026
Devon & Cornwall Police are appealing for information to identify the owner of a springer spaniel that attacked a pony in Devon earlier this month. Male miniature Shetland pony, Scooter, is an equine therapy pony and was sadly injured in Bere Alston ...
Release date: 20/05/2026
On Tuesday 16 December, an off-duty Devon and Cornwall Police wildlife crime officer spotted an injured tawny owl on the A377. After noticing the owl at the roadside, the officer stopped and carefully transported the injured bir...
Release date: 22/12/2025
We are appealing for the public’s help identifying this man in relation to a report of a dangerously out of control dog in Plymouth. At around 6.40pm on Sunday 19 October a teenage boy was walking his dog on Blagdon's Meadow on Embankment Road when it was...
Release date: 13/11/2025
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