SIR — Well, there you have it then, a full half-page about dogs worrying sheep, in our local paper (The Southern Reporter), with a photo of the poor sheep - TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE.
Well, get used to it, and far worse, if the Lynx are introduced to this area (Keilder and Wauchope forests).
Anyone in doubt of the heartache awaiting sheep farmers need only phone one in Norway - they think we are mad even thinking about it.
Insurance - what price do you put on the trauma and tears of going out morning after morning, not knowing what terrible sights await you.
How do you insure a lamb that has been killed, that may have been worth £10,000 at Kelso Ram Sales in a year's time?
BF Bell (not even a sheep farmer)
Dunfermline House
Melrose
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