Pictured: Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) initiative launch. The Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) launches a new approach to tackling livestock attacks and trauma by dogs at Penicuik House, Penicuik Estate, Midlothian. Police Scotland, NFU Mutual, NFU Scotland, Scottish Land and Estates, Scottish Business Resilience Centre and the Scottish Government are members of Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) working together to prevent crime and protect rural communities. Penicuikd Estate sheep being rounded up with Michele Lindsay, Community Sergeant, Constance Newbould and Sarah Chambers who ride on the estate with their horses Kai and Theon (white). Sally Anderson / Edinburgh Elite media