Need to give them a fair trial and then hang them.
Sheep theft and offenders caught.
- Thread starter solo
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You need to man up, your first paragraph indicates you're a bit of a libtard! No we have to really crack down on them.
PostHarvest
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- Location
- Warwick
The RAF operate just the planes for transportation of offenders. They are called C-130 Hercules and they have a big door at the back. They save on labour and paperwork because they don't need to land to unload.
Hmmmm, a bit too close to reality for the poor folks of Argentina in the 70s who fell foul of teh Junta... :-(
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- somerset
does that avoid the new paperwork.
cider_eater
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- north of Lands End
When Sheep theft
If caught guilty They to be treated as young Ram lambs that's needed as a Ram.
At least no more breeding from them!!
If caught guilty They to be treated as young Ram lambs that's needed as a Ram.
At least no more breeding from them!!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Tbh if you catch any in the act, police are the last folk worth ringing........until the morning to report some naked folk duct taped to a tree.
solo
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- Location
- worcestershire
Sheep thefts have started being reported again.11 Suffolk cross yearlings taken from fields near Chaddesley Corbett, Kidderminster between 25th and 31st March. 7 two month old lambs from Clent, Hagley mid March and 1 sheep from Evesham bundled into a black Mercedes car. 30th March. Latest report was a young farmer being surrounded by 20 youths trying to climb on a moving tractor whilst working in fields near Stourbridge. Farm and garden shed break ins are also becoming common for power tool theft. There’s a theme of lawlessness becoming the norm.
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- N.Lincs
So they can't do anything until they find someone who reports a sheep missing??Sheep thefts have started being reported again.11 Suffolk cross yearlings taken from fields near Chaddesley Corbett, Kidderminster between 25th and 31st March. 7 two month old lambs from Clent, Hagley mid March and 1 sheep from Evesham bundled into a black Mercedes car. 30th March. Latest report was a young farmer being surrounded by 20 youths trying to climb on a moving tractor whilst working in fields near Stourbridge. Farm and garden shed break ins are also becoming common for power tool theft. There’s a theme of lawlessness becoming the norm.
What about asking the 'suspects' for a bill of sale from the person who they say sold them it??....
...or asking them what their holding number is???......
.....or asking them why they haven't got an AML1 form??....
....or don't all the thimgs that we farmers have to comply with applly to random blokes with a live ewe in the back of a car??
Makes you wonder why we bother with all that sort of stuff if it's not a legal requirement.
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- somerset
well it is, to law abiding people, the dodgy ones mean hassle and paperwork, easier to quietly forget. It isn't that far in the past, they hung you for stealing a sheep, obviously a serious crime then, today ? unwelcome hassle of limited importance.
solo
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- worcestershire
Unless far more deterrent is facing these people then things will not improve. An officer quoted,with reference to hare coursing, that they would not eradicate the problem, so would only try to keep a lid on it. This is Not what victims of crime want to hear.
spin cycle
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- north norfolk
if plod can't trace ewe by tag WTF is the point of tagging
and transporting livestock in an unsuitable vehicle...?
Maybe a post on their FB page and point out the correct procedure they should follow....
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- somerset
years ago we had a dozen or so, ewes appear, no eartags, and very dirty, as close to main road, pretty sure someone had pulled up, checked his load, these were 'down', and chucked out, monetary value low'
Rung police, they would look into it, nfu asked round, never heard another word, that was the value placed on returning property, to rightful owners, we tried, got nowhere and ended up with some ewes, for nowt.
Rung police, they would look into it, nfu asked round, never heard another word, that was the value placed on returning property, to rightful owners, we tried, got nowhere and ended up with some ewes, for nowt.
Because all of us dicks just roll over an except these rules, apart from being handy for us as management tools, it’s just another job creating exercise so they can hand out a few more yellow coats an name tags!! They’ve been pinching ewes round us for the last two years an not once have they traced a tag back to where the sheep came from!! Trading standards told me that personally an they weren’t bothered because there was no one they could aggravate!! When they caught the two guys with the four ewes in the car the police just dumped them back in the nearest field of sheep they could find which happened to be a big gang of tegs that were on tack keep, handy if they’d got scabb!! They’re clueless, an I’ve offered to help educate them numerous times an you may as well talk to yourselfif plod can't trace ewe by tag WTF is the point of tagging
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- N.Lincs
Good idea, but Facebook is a bit above my pay grade, I'll have to consult Mrs YB on how to do that - I had to get her to send me the police post in the first place
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- N.Lincs
Same here. We've a near neighbour who runs all sorts of farming based courses who's even offered to run one on movement licences, tagging, etc for the police, after all the thefts round here, but they're not interested.
Wheres trading standards in these cases? Surely at the very least it should be a multi agency investigation .
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- N.Lincs
Maybe so, but here it just complicates the job. Trading Standards think the police are doing stuff and vice versa. It ends up with neither of them doing anything and they let the buggers get away with it.