Sheep (13)

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 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.

Police are appealing for help to trace a two-week-old lamb stolen from a field, known as 50 Acres, at Warborne Organic Farm, Warborne Lane, Boldre near Lymington.

The lamb was taken sometime between 2pm on Monday, April 7 and 7am on Tuesday, April 8.

Three people were seen in the field on Monday afternoon before the lamb was taken.

The Jacob Sheep lamb, worth around £60, has distinctive black, brown and white markings and would be easily recognisable.

A heavily pregnant sheep was kicked and stabbed by a gang of five youths in north Norfolk today.

The animal was taken from its field in Polka Road, Wells-next-the-Sea at about 1.20am by five youngsters aged 16 to 20.

The gang were seen to kick the pregnant sheep and then stabbed it with a pitch fork before dragging its body through the town and dumping it in a wheelie bin.

Police followed the trail of blood, locating the youths near to the dead animal's body.

Forty-six pregnant sheep - valued at more than £4,000 - have been stolen from a South Worcestershire farm.

Police believe a large lorry was used to take the 46 Suffolk black-faced ewes from Riverlands Farm, Teme Lane, Leigh, near Brodwas between 1300 and 1600 hours on 17th March.

Owner Charles Parry said: "They may well have already been slaughtered, irrespective of the fact that they are all due to give birth about now. The price of lamb is high and whoever took them may have cashed in already by moving them quickly to an abattoir."

Police in Camelford are warning anyone offered mutton or lamb for sale from a questionable source to contact them.

Some time between the afternoon of Tuesday 4 March and 3pm on Wednesday 5 March four sheep, which had been killed and butchered, were found in the Davidstow moor area near Camelford. The meat had been removed from the sheeps’ carcasses. These sheep were injected with the drug "dectomax" five days ago and sheep should not be slaughtered in normal circumstances until 70 days after being injected with this drug.

Humberside Police are appealing for information following the theft of four pedigree lambs from a field in Rudston.

The lambs, Llein ewes, thought to be worth around £500 were stolen between 1400hrs and 1730hrs on Monday 17 December 2007.

It is reported an unknown person(s) entered the field and put the sheep into a van before driving off.

The remaining sheep wandered off before being found by the farmer.

A gang of sheep rustlers have been striking at remote farms across the region – and farmers believe crooked shepherds may be responsible.

More than 200 sheep worth thousands of pounds have been snatched over the past six weeks in County Durham. Police say the thieves must have used a dog to round up the animals before they were spirited away, which points the finger at culprits with an expert knowledge of sheep.