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Sheep attacks and harassment: research
Findings from survey research on sheep worrying and wildlife attacks on sheep.
Appendix B: Attacks by which wildlife species are thought to be increasing by region (Base: All those who think wildlife attacks are increasing in their area).
*small base
**very small base, not eligible for significance testing
In bold - statistically significantly higher than the mean for Scotland
| Scotland | Argyll and Bute | Ayrshire | Clyde Valley | Dumfries and Galloway | East Central | Eileanan an Iar | Fife | Highland | Lothian | NE Scotland | Orkney | Scottish Borders | Shetland | Tayside | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 913 | 79* | 47* | 44* | 116* | 34** | 105* | 10** | 193 | 16** | 99* | 22** | 83* | 25** | 65* |
| Foxes | 41% | 47% | 45% | 66% | 53% | 56% | - | 63% | 53% | 64% | 58% | - | 50% | - | 62% |
| Crows | 53% | 50% | 65% | 50% | 62% | 54% | 45% | 80% | 49% | 68% | 51% | 54% | 61% | 56% | 68% |
| Badgers | 33% | 18% | 24% | 53% | 61% | 36% | - | 46% | 24% | 41% | 78% | - | 83% | - | 30% |
| Ravens | 48% | 68% | 65% | 32% | 39% | 33% | 64% | 17% | 59% | 23% | 15% | 72% | 21% | 48% | 44% |
| Golden eagles | 7% | 3% | - | - | - | - | 31% | - | 5% | - | - | - | - | - | 4% |
| White tailed eagles | 23% | 49% | - | - | 1% | 5% | 59% | 9% | 38% | - | - | - | 2% | - | 3% |
| Black backed gulls | 20% | 20% | 30% | 6% | 9% | 7% | 17% | 29% | 22% | 12% | 13% | 55% | 5% | 80% | 9% |
| Skuas | 5% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2% | 0% | 0% | 11% | |||
| Another species | 9% | 9% | 8% | 14% | 6% | 10% | 14% | - | 10% | - | 8% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 9% |
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