livestock

"It's largely farmers who have got very high value livestock who have decided to use the vaccine."

On 12 November veterinary officials culled all the livestock after a case of sheep and goat pox was detected.

The suspects are accused of having made claims for land they did not own and exaggerating the numbers of livestock on farms.

Experts say wolves attack humans or livestock only as a last resort when they are starving, preferring less dangerous prey such as small antelopes.

The latest outbreak began in the Netherlands in 2023, where tens of thousands of sheep died, and midges blown over from the continent began infecting livestock in the south-east of England too.