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A FAMILY whose 12-year-old sheepdog died after being hit by an off-road motorbike, have told of their anguish and fears that someone could be hurt. Last Sunday, April 18, Elaine Lanchbury says the family sheepdog Jess was run over and killed by a rider who failed to stop at the scene. Jess, having just done a usual morning’s sheep herding, had been sitting at the entrance to a field belonging to Parc y Brain Farm in Goytre, when the motorcyclist allegedly ran over her while looking in the opposite direction [towards a fellow rider]. Ms Lanchbury has now called for more to be done, saying she often sees motorcyclists “tearing down narrow paths” in the area, and says in some ways she feels fortunate it was her dog that was killed, rather than a young child.
Off-road bikers killed my dog and just carried on riding
12-year-old Jess was sitting in the gateway of a farm field when one of the vehicles swerved into her
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Jess had just finished herding sheep (Image: Elaine Lanchbury)
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