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Dumped animal carcasses 'shameful' say litter pickers as they pull sheep from river

In rural parts of Northern Ireland, the illegal dumping of animal carcasses in rivers and waterways has become an increasingly common and troubling issue. Paddy Little, who works as a litter picking officer with a watersports club, has encountered numerous dead animals in the Blackwater River, which runs between counties Tyrone and Armagh. He described…