More than 70 lambs killed in 'horrific' dog attack in Kerry

IFA calls for dog control laws to be tightened having stated last month that up to 300 dog attacks occur on farms each year

IFA chair Kenneth Jones urged Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue to move now to tighten up dog safety. File picture: PA

More than 70 ewes and lambs were killed in a 'horrific" dog attack during which a number of animals drowned after being forced into the sea in Co Kerry.

The deaths are the latest in a spate of similar attacks on farmlands across the country.