Sheep rustlers target Claudy farms for second time in weeks with theft of 13 pregnant ewes

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.