Councillors in Mid Ulster reported several cases of animal remains illegally dumped in rural areas during an Environment committee meeting on April 15.

Independent councillor for Clogher Valley described receiving calls about dead lambs placed in bags and thrown over hedges along the Altaglushan Road between Killeeshil and Cappagh. He noted additional remains resembling a cow on the Reclain Road and another sheep dumped over a hedge in Augher.

The councillor also discovered a site outside Augher containing a cow, two sheep and remains of sheep or calves. He stated the location remains undisclosed due to an ongoing investigation.

Councillor Mark Robinson of the Democratic Unionist Party, representing Clogher Valley DEA, confirmed he was contacted about the dead sheep outside Augher and notified the council. He mentioned a deer on the Minterburn Road edge.

Councillor McElvogue proposed that the council publish contact numbers for agencies handling dead animals such as badgers, foxes, cats, dogs and calves.

Assistant Director of Environmental Services Mark McAdoo said the council would consider adding those numbers to its web page. He clarified the council collects dead animals from roadsides and public property but not private land, which is the landowner's duty. DAERA does not collect from private land either.

Councillor Robinson agreed that fly-tipping and dead carcasses along roadsides pose a problem.