Operation Stock: Charged pair change pleas to guilty February 18, 2020 Rural Life Two men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal in relation to the slaughter and illegal butchery of sheep and lambs across Northamptonshire…
French farmers march in support of man jailed following farm shooting incident February 14, 2020 Rural Life Hundreds of farmers took to the streets in protest in the city of Reims in France yesterday, Thursday, February 13, calling for the…
DNA evidence used to prove farmer stole neighbour’s cow February 5, 2020 Rural Life DNA evidence has been used for the first time in Britain to prove that a farmer in Wales stole his neighbour’s cow in…
Operation Galileo: 5 arrested for affray and damaging crops January 29, 2020 Rural Life Five men have been arrested on suspicion of serious offences, after a report of suspected poaching activity near Selby. At about 2:15pm on…
Livestock theft rises by nearly 20% as rustlers raid UK farms January 28, 2020 Agri-Business Three million pound’s worth of livestock were stolen from UK farms in 2019, according to shocking new figures released today by rural insurer…
Investigations ongoing following theft of 21 ewes from farm January 23, 2020 N.Ireland An appeal for information has been made in relation to the theft of 21 sheep from a farm earlier this week in Co.…
Gardaí investigate attempted plant machinery theft in Monaghan January 22, 2020 Rural Life Investigations are ongoing into the attempted theft of plant machinery in Co. Monaghan in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday, January 22,…
Police launch CCTV appeal after Northamptonshire farm burglary January 21, 2020 Rural Life Police in Northamptonshire have released a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak to after a burglary at a farm in…
Limousin heifers stolen from shed in weekend raid January 21, 2020 N.Ireland Investigations are ongoing into the theft of 19 Limousin heifers from a shed in an overnight raid over the weekend. The animals in…
Vegan protesters take pig from Northern Ireland farm January 14, 2020 N.Ireland Animal rights protesters have claimed to have taken a pig from a Northern Ireland farm this morning (Tuesday, January 14). As many as…
Rustling advice issued after 200 sheep stolen in Wiltshire over just 3 months January 13, 2020 Sheep Farmers in the south-west have been advised to protect their flocks after almost 200 sheep were reported stolen in Wiltshire over the last…
NI man arrested in ATM theft investigation January 7, 2020 Rural Life A man with an address in Northern Ireland has been arrested south of the border in Co. Monaghan as part of an investigation…
Wilts Police appeals for info following 3 separate sheep thefts January 7, 2020 N.Ireland An appeal for information has been made following three separate incidents of sheep thefts in the English county of Wiltshire in recent months.…
Appeal for info following seizure of ‘stolen’ quad January 3, 2020 N.Ireland An appeal for information has been made following the seizure of a quad bike which is believed to have been stolen. Members of…
Appeal for ‘stolen’ flock owners after 63 sheep seized in Yorkshire January 2, 2020 Sheep Police in Yorkshire are searching for the owners of a flock of 63 sheep suspected to have been stolen. The animals were seized…
4-year-old girl left terrified by ‘monsters’ after farmhouse burglary ordeal January 2, 2020 Rural Life North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information following a burglary on a farm in Thorpe Willoughby on New Year’s Eve. The…
14-year-old writes ‘letter of apology’ after crashing stolen JCB into tractor January 2, 2020 N.Ireland A 14-year-old boy wrote a “letter of apology” following an incident in which a stolen JCB was crashed into a tractor and a…
3 jailed for illegal cigarette trade following HMRC farm raid December 19, 2019 Rural Life Three men have been jailed for a total of 10 years and nine months after they were caught with millions of illegal cigarettes…
