N.Ireland
Stolen vehicles recovered in Down, leading to 4 arrests
Four men were arrested in a police operation targeting stolen vehicles in Northern Ireland recently, the Police Service of Northern...
Rural Crime
Agri-Business
Livestock rustlers are closer to home than you think, warns police boss
A police boss has spoken out to dispel the myth that all livestock rustlers raiding North Wales come from outside...
Rural Life
Murder inquiry launched after death on Dorset farm
Detectives investigating the death of a man at a farm near Blandford, Dorset have released one arrested man on police...
N.Ireland
Pregnant ewe skinned and butchered in field
A farmer made the grisly discovery of one of his ewes skinned and butchered in a field yesterday morning (Sunday,...
N.Ireland
Pregnant ewe skinned and butchered in field
A farmer made the grisly discovery of one of his ewes skinned and butchered in a field yesterday morning (Sunday,...
Agri-Business
Stolen farm telescopic handler used in ATM raid
Detectives are appealing for information following the theft of an ATM from outside a convenience store in Gretna in the...
Rural Life
Metal thieves let cows out after stealing 700m of wire
Metal thieves in Lincolnshire are thought to have inadvertently let a herd of cows loose when they stole 700m of wire...
Agri-Business
30 sheep illegally dumped at Cornwall reservoir
Around 30 sheep carcasses have been found illegally dumped at a reservoir in Cornwall on land managed by South West Water....
N.Ireland
Council issues warning to dog owners after 3 huskies worry housed sheep
A Northern Ireland council is urging members of the public to keep their dogs under control after a man was...
Agri-Business
London charity farm launches appeal for 11 stolen piglets
A miniature working farm based on the banks of the Thames has launched an appeal for the safe return of 11...
Sheep
Argyll man sentenced to 80 hours community service for dog attack
An Argyll man has been sentenced to 80 hours community service for a sheep attack which cost the farmer involved...
Rural Life
North England police join forces for 'largest rural crime operation of its kind'
Five police forces covering 6,500 square miles of northern England came together earlier this month for what has been described...
Rural Life
Cows die on German farm following overnight release
Four cows have died with up to 40 others in severe difficulty on an organic dairy farm in Germany, due...
Rural Life
Farmers and growers encouraged to support Home Office rural crime survey
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is encouraging farmers and growers to take part in the Government’s Commercial Victimisation Survey to...
Agri-Business
Ayrshire farmer cheated out of thousands in machinery 'ghosting’ scam
Organisers of a rural crime conference have said cybercrime will be included in the event after an Ayrshire farmer was...
Agri-Business
2 stolen tractors found 26 miles away with false plates
Two stolen tractors worth more than £200,000 have been found with false number plates 26 miles away from the Chorley farm...
Arable
63 sheep and lambs stolen from Suffolk field
Officers are appealing for witnesses or information after thieves made off with a large number of sheep stolen from a...
Rural Life
£20,000 of straw destroyed in Hertfordshire blaze
A fire which destroyed around 250t of straw at a farm in St. Albans is being treated as suspected arson...
