Rural Life
Thieves make getaway with stolen tractors through hedge
Thieves in Oxfordshire made off with two stolen tractors and a forklift by driving them through a hedge. Police said...
Rural Crime
Rural Life
In-calf cow dies after being chased by teens
Police in Devon are appealing for information after a cow and her unborn calf died after being chased by youths...
Rural Life
Farmers warned of surge in tractor GPS thefts
Farmers are being warned to ramp up security after a spate of thefts has seen tractor GPS equipment stolen from...
N.Ireland
Police stop man driving ‘in and out’ of farm yards with ‘offensive weapon’
Members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) stopped and searched a vehicle which was reported to have been...
Rural Life
23 Jersey cows and calves stolen from Cornwall farm
Police are appealing for information following a report that 23 Jersey cows have gone missing from a farm in Bodmin,...
Rural Life
Calf choked to death on litter in Scotland as lockdown sees fly-tipping soar
More than 100 fly-tipping incidents are thought to have occurred across Scotland since the start of the lockdown amid reports...
Sheep
10 sheep killed in Borders worrying incident
Police are appealing for witnesses after 10 sheep were killed in a suspected livestock worrying incident in the Scottish Borders....
N.Ireland
Stolen machinery found buried in Co. Down
Detectives in Co. Down have recovered farm machinery reported stolen and arrested three men on suspicion of handling stolen goods....
Rural Life
3 Birmingham men jailed for illegal sheep butchery
Three Birmingham men have been jailed after admitting carrying out a campaign of barbaric illegal sheep butchery across Northamptonshire. Between...
Rural Life
Peak District farmer assaulted by walker
A farmer in Peak District has appealed for the UK to enter a total lockdown after he was reportedly punched...
N.Ireland
Investigations ongoing following theft of ewe lambs
Investigations are ongoing following the theft of 15 ewe lambs, as well as a galvanised gate from a farm in...
Rural Life
Operation Stock: Third man pleads guilty to illegal sheep butchery offences
A third man has this week pleaded guilty to illegal sheep butchery offences as part of Operation Stock. Viorel Manu,...
N.Ireland
Investigations underway into theft of cattle scales
Investigations are underway into the theft of a cattle weighing scales from a property in Co. Armagh earlier in the...
Rural Life
£100,000 of stolen machinery recovered in North Warwickshire
Stolen farming and construction machinery valued in excess of £100,000 has been recovered in Bedworth, North Warwickshire. The machines seized include:...
Rural Life
Police appeal after 18 sheep believed to have been ran over 'deliberately'
Warwickshire Police is appealing for information after a total of 18 sheep were believed to have been run over in...
N.Ireland
Livestock ‘seized for further examination’ following searches
Livestock and documentation have been “seized for further examination” by members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) following...
Rural Life
Operation Stock: Charged pair change pleas to guilty
Two men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal in relation to the slaughter and illegal butchery of sheep and...
Rural Life
French farmers march in support of man jailed following farm shooting incident
Hundreds of farmers took to the streets in protest in the city of Reims in France yesterday, Thursday, February 13,...
