Rural Life
A meeting is set to take place tonight in the Blackwater Centre, Emyvale, in light of the mounting concern surrounding cattle rustling.
Opinion
I can’t understand the furore over the decision to extend EID to all sheep when we really should be extending its use to identify our cattle.
A Donegal man has been charged with the theft of 100 cattle and sheep, worth a total value of €107,300, from Co. Westmeath last year.
N.Ireland
Six cattle, including two calves, have been stolen from a farm in the North. It is understood they were taken last week.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is appealing for information after 12 cattle and a trailer were stolen from a farm last night.
A man that was arrested yesterday (October 2) in connection with a livestock theft to the value of €100,000 has been released without charge, a Garda spokesperson has said.
Specialist criminal gangs are targeting farmers and stealing cattle and sheep, according to the Garda Siochana and a €10,000 reward is now on offer to people cattle rustling information.
