The death toll on Scottish sheep farms has seen a sharp increase following spells of heavy snow this winter, according to official figures.
Farming leaders said sheep farmers were facing a "war of attrition" from the weather after a severe winter followed a wet summer and autumn. And they warned that it could affect productivity for the rest of the year. Gary Mitchell, vice-president of NFU Scotland, said spring lambs were having a "really tough time". He told: "One woman contacted me to say one afternoon she'd lost 17 lambs due to the cold weather. It's really severe." Farmers in most parts of Scotland are forbidden from burying their fallen stock and must instead pay approved companies to collect the carcasses. The collectors are reportedly experiencing high levels of demand. One farmer in Aberdeenshire told BBC Scotland said he had been waiting three days for a dead sheep to be collected.
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