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Llandovery townsfolk bleat about Royal jokers! (From South Wales Guardian) A storm has erupted in Llandovery over cut-outs depicting the Royal Family as a flock of sheep. Some shops are displaying the cut-outs of sheep - with faces of the Royals stuck on - to advertise Llandovery’s Sheep Festival this weekend. But former Llandovery town clerk Terry Leyman said some people felt it was in “baaaa-d taste” and revealed he had raised the matter with Trading Standards and Dyfed-Powys Police. And see this blog for more - http://carmarthenplanning.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/royal-sheep.html

More than 20 sheep were found dead on a Laugharne farm and others found in a poor condition, Carmarthen magistrates have been told. An Animal Health Officer from Carmarthenshire County Council along with a Veterinary Officer from Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency visited Honey Corse Farm, Broadway, Laugharne, in September 2011 following a complaint regarding the condition of sheep there. They found about 25 sheep carcasses in various states of decomposition. Several of the live sheep were in poor condition and found to be infested with maggots and one was in such a poor condition it was humanely destroyed at the time to prevent any further suffering. The remaining sheep were treated and improved and later sold. Robert Glen Davies, of Woodlands Close, Llanmiloe, Pendine, the owner of the sheep at Honey Corse Farm, appeared before Carmarthen Magistrates Court for sentence after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to nine offences under Section 4 and 9 of the Animal Welf...

Police warning to dog owners after sheep killed in dog attacks | Dyfed Powys Police | Heddlu Dyfed Powys Dyfed-Powys Police is urging dog owners to keep their animals under proper control, if they are in rural areas, after several incidents have been reported to the police, whereby dogs have killed or worried sheep in the County of Pembrokeshire.