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Farming Today: Dog Thefts, Peat Bogs, Rural Tourism

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18/08/2014

Dog Thefts, Peat Bogs, Rural Tourism

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Dog Thefts, Peat Bogs, Rural Tourism

Dog thefts are on the rise, as experts say working dogs are being specifically targeted.

Figures show the number of dog thefts is on the up, with working animals being stolen to order. What can dog owners do to protect themselves and their animals from the thieves?

Dog theft is on the rise. Numbers of stolen animals rose by 15% between 2012 and 2013, and experts predict that this year the numbers will be even higher. More than 300 labradors, springer spaniels and cocker spaniels have gone missing this year already, and thieves are also targeting border collies.

Sybil Ruscoe hears from the Country Land and Business Association, and asks what owners can do to protect their dogs.

Caz Graham reveals how sphagnum moss is saving our boglands. In the First World War it was used for dressing wounds. Now it's involved in a different type of healing: helping to restore Britain's peat bogs. Caz visits in the North Pennines to see how a trial project is getting on.

And Farming Today begins a week looking at rural tourism. With the last bank holiday of the summer just a week away, many rural areas and business are hoping to cash in on the tourist pound.

Presented by Sybil Ruscoe and produced by Emma Campbell.

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