Farm Livestock (28)

A farmer who reported his cattle missing is asking for the public's help in finding them.

The two black Aberdeen Angus cattle went missing from the herd of forty at Pamington Court Farm on Sunday November 9. The cattle are between 18 and 20 months old, one male and one female and have yellow tags in both ears.

Anyone who sees the animals is asked to contact Gloucestershire Constabulary on 0845 090 1234 quoting incident number 118 of November 13.

Police are appealing for witnesses about the theft of six chickens from a garden in Kidderminster.

The six yellow bantam chickens, worth £100, were taken from two pens in the rear garden of a house in Shrewsbury Road between 5am and 6am yesterday, Wednesday 22nd October.

Also stolen were five young conifer trees in plastic pots, worth a total of £10.

Buttons Green, Cockfield between 6pm 20/10/08 and 12.20pm 22/10/08 Offenders have broken into a field by forcing a gate and stolen nine black and horned sheep.

Calls in relation to this incident should be made to PC Anthony De Brito at Sudbury Police on 01284 774100 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Sheep have been stolen from a field in Cockfield. Thieves struck at Buttons Green between 6pm on Monday and 12.20pm on Wednesday.

They broke into a field by forcing the gate and stole nine black horned sheep.

Anyone with information should PC Anthony De Brito on 01284 774100 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

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A Wear Valley farmer has spoken of his anger after the theft of 85 lambs worth more than £4,000 from a field near Stanley Crook just before Christmas.

Alistair Layfield has been farming at Tanners Hall Farm for over 25 years but this is the first time he has been victim to such a plot.

He said "We have put a lot of hard work into raising our lambs and for someone to come and steal them is horrendous.

"I just can’t believe what sort of person would do this.

Police are appealing for information about the theft of 15 ducks from Kidderminster.

The call ducks, which were 15 weeks old, were taken from an allotment behind Sutton Park Community School, Greatfield Road, between Wednesday and Thursday, 28th to 29th May.

There were nine drakes and six ducks, worth £20 each, and they had had their wings clipped so would not have been able to fly off. The drakes had blue rings around their legs.

A few months ago their parents - three ducks and two drakes – were stolen along with eight to 12 eggs.

A goat stolen from premises in Leicester last week has been reunited with its owner, thanks to some diligent police work.

Billy the goat, who had a distinctive purple beard, was stolen from an address in Knighton Fields Road East, Leicester, on Tuesday July 8, 2008.

On Friday July 11, as a result of routine police enquiries, PC 1010 Chris Hill, the Agricultural and Wildlife officer for Harborough local policing unit, found Billy hidden in an isolated stable in a field near the village of Theddingworth.

Police are appealing for information after the theft of seven chickens from a shed in Gedney. This incident took place between 8pm on Saturday July 5 and 7.30am on Sunday July 6. The offender(s) climbed over a back wall of the property and entered an unlocked shed, stole the seven chickens and left the same way.

There were: two lavender coloured Pekin Bantam chickens, one beige chicken, two black and white chickens and one auburn chicken.

Anyone with any information can call Spalding Police Station on: (01775) 722233, quoting crime number BD/08/2770.

Police are urging the public only to purchase meat from reputable sources following a recent sheep theft in Annesley.

Two ewes were stolen from a field on Weavers Lane some time between Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 June 2008.

Evidence suggests the sheep, which had just been treated against Blue Tongue and were unfit for human consumption, had been butchered at the scene.

Anyone with information should contact PC Dave Nicks on 01623 420999 ext 3672 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

Police are urging the public only to purchase meat from reputable sources following a recent sheep theft in Annesley.

Two ewes were stolen from a field on Weavers Lane some time between Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 June 2008.

Evidence suggests the sheep, which had just been treated against Blue Tongue and were unfit for human consumption, had been butchered at the scene.

Anyone with information should contact PC Dave Nicks on 01623 420999 ext 3672 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

Police said today that 39 Welsh mule ewes and 92 Texel cross lambs were taken from farm grounds at Tynbryn Hill, Dolfor, near Newtown.

A spokesman for the police said the force was now working with Trading Standards to help locate them.

He said "These sheep, taken from near Newtown, were all wearing the farm’s individual ear tag, which displays the flock number UK01568 and were also earmarked with straight tips off both ears.

"All animals would also have the farm pitch mark of 'dg' in red on their bodies."

Police investigating the shooting of 10 sheep and lambs at a remote spot near the Worcestershire/Gloucestershire border are calling on local residents and weekend visitors to try and re-call seeing, or hearing, anything suspicious.

Three sheep died on land off Swinley Lane, Corse Lawn, between 1800 hours on 13th June and 1500 hours on 15th June. Seven were either killed outright, or had to be put down, in the second incident in the 15-acre field, between 1515 hours and 2000 hours on 16th June.

Thieves have stolen three Buff Orpington chicks from a farm in Whatcote along with other assorted items.

The chicks (two hens and a cockrel) were taken between 12.00hrs and 17.40hrs yesterday, Monday June 2.

Also taken were a green and white plastic, mushroom shaped water feeder; a green and white plastic feeder; a pair of black, size 8 Aigle wellington boots; a pair of blue, size 8 Outdoor Scene walking boots; and a blue plastic box containing a first aid kit and horse bandages.

Police are appealing for any information regarding the theft of fifty show chickens from a farm in Yarburgh, near Louth between 10.30pm on Tuesday 20 May 2008 and 6.30am the following morning.

The chickens, all pure bred black, buff (light brown) and blue (grey) Orpingtons, were in six pens when they were stolen by unknown means. The birds are all home bred and are valued at around £2,500.

A reward is being offered for information regarding the theft of more than a hundred rare chickens from a farm near Steep Marsh.

Rustlers raided the farm on Thursday night last week and took valuable breeding birds worth more than £1,000 in total. Farmers David and Claire Neal say they have spent so many years with the chickens and some breeds are so uncommon that they will easily be able to identify many of the missing birds.