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Sheep attacks and harassment: research
Findings from survey research on sheep worrying and wildlife attacks on sheep.
Appendix C: Species thought to be responsible for most recent attack by region
*small base
**very small base, not eligible for significance testing
In bold - statistically significantly higher than the mean for Scotland
| Unweighted total | 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 | 840 | 68* | 52* | 40* | 117* | 36** | 49* | 11** | 176 | 16** | 71* | 19** | 86* | 36* | 63 |
| Unsure/don't know | 3% | - | 2% | 9% | 1% | 2% | - | 3% | - | 9% | 5% | 1% | - | 5% | |
| Fox | 25% | 31% | 24% | 46% | 24% | 41% | - | 20% | 34% | 38% | 23% | - | 27% | - | 51% |
| Crow | 20% | 9% | 27% | 29% | 34% | 38% | 15% | 39% | 11% | 38% | 21% | 36% | 26% | 9% | 15% |
| Raven | 19% | 35% | 33% | 3% | 15% | 9% | 42% | 5% | 21% | 4% | 5% | 19% | 6% | 10% | 5% |
| Badger | 11% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 21% | 8% | - | 20% | 6% | 8% | 32% | - | 30% | - | 12% |
| Golden eagle | 1% | - | - | - | - | - | 13% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1% |
| White tailed sea eagle | 6% | 13% | - | - | - | - | 16% | - | 14% | - | - | - | - | - | 1% |
| Black backed gull | 6% | 2% | 3% | - | 1% | 2% | 7% | - | 5% | 4% | 3% | 28% | 3% | 28% | 1% |
| Skua | 3% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3% | - | 38% | - |
| Another species | 7% | 8% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 15% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 9% | 6% | 14% | 8% |
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