Farmer's anger at police after finding sheep 'butchered' and dumped in bin bags
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A farmer has hit out police after discovering two sheep had been stolen and 'barbarically' butchered to death near her farm.
Sam Booth, 35, who has 700 breeding ewes on her farm in Upper Broughton, Leicestershire, noticed two of her sheep were missing while she conducted her herding rounds.
After searching for hours, one of the ewes was found with its legs tied together with shoelaces.
A few days later, the farm was informed bin bags had been found dumped around 40 minutes away in nearby Calverton, containing fleece, a carcass and sheep guts.
It confirmed Ms Booth's suspicions that livestock was being stolen from the farm
Posting images of the gruesome find to Facebook, Miss Booth wrote: ‘We were told last night there were some bags of fleece and guts that had been dumped near Calverton.
‘We went to look this morning and it was what remained of one of our missing ewes. They'd wrapped her in a duvet and cut her throat, killed her in the most barbaric way.;
Ms Booth told trade publication Farmers Guardian: ‘We went in the morning to have a look and it was what remained of one of our missing ewes.
‘They had wrapped her in a duvet and cut her throat. She was killed in the most barbaric way.
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‘I hate to think how they have been killed and the suffering they endured. I hope whoever is doing this chokes on them.
‘The police are not interested at all. Something really needs to be done to tackle it as it is becoming a country-wide issue.
‘We are still waiting to hear back from a police officer after reporting the initial theft. We were told there were not enough leads.
‘Farmers across the country should be vigilant and report anything to the police even though you know they won’t do anything. The more calls they get then surely they have got to start taking action.’
The news follows a Dorset Police appeal for information after thieves stole sheep worth £20,000 from a farm in the same county
Police said 211 sheep were stolen from fields along the A37 near Dorchester.
PC Matthew Brennan said: ‘This theft, as with many crimes in our rural community, has had a big impact on the victim. We are carrying out a number of enquiries to find those responsible.’
