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Sheep rustlers target Claudy farms for second time in weeks with theft of 13 pregnant ewes
Date of alert:
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Crime Ref:
Force:
150 of 09/02/24
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Police are investigating two counts of sheep rustling in Co Derry after 13 pregnant ewes were stolen from a field in Claudy.
Between 10am on Wednesday, February 7, and 10.30am the following day the Suffolk/Texel-cross ewes expecting lambs were taken from a field at the junction of Kilcreen Road and Altinure Road.
The animals all had red markings on their left side.
Last month, a total of 50 Texel and Suffolk-bred ewe lambs with orange markings were also reported taken from a field on Teenaght Road in Claudy between 7pm on January 25 and 7am the next morning.
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