had the armed response out tonight!

[ozzy518]

Round these parts there is a big increase in deer poaching. As for the face in the mud treatment, it wont routinely happen. If armed Police turn up simply break the gun or even place it on the ground or put it on a chair or whatever and move away from it. As long as the copper does not perceive you to be a threat you wont be "cuffed n stuffed".

[the running man]

Just goes to show,there's always someone watching u,unfortunately there never reporting the real rustlers!,well done sss uve now an amusing anacdote to ad to ure collection,could have been worse.

[SSS]

Maybe going on that permission in a few mins, hopefully it all goes smoothly tonight **bites nails nervously**

[Vince Green]

They do tend to call it rustling round here but there aren't many sheep as its nearly all arable with a bit of dairy. However its not like Wallace and Gromit with big trucks going down the lanes late at night. The farmer will tend to lose one sheep to some local with a big deep freeze.

[hambone]

'SHEEP RUSTLING'. you mutton do that.

[sheepshed]

They do tend to call it rustling round here but there aren't many sheep as its nearly all arable with a bit of dairy. However its not like Wallace and Gromit with big trucks going down the lanes late at night. The farmer will tend to lose one sheep to some local with a big deep freeze.

Unfortunately in many parts of the world it's getting to be a real problem and is on a far larger scale than just a few lambs for the freezer. In 2 recent incidents 271 sheep were taken from a farm in Lancashire and nearly 200 stolen in Mold, North Wales.

These are serious organized operations - moving 271 sheep is not an easy task, and without the correct paper work they can only be sold on the black market, for 'smokies' and the like.