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Police recover 3,832 stolen cattle
20 Dec 2013 at 05:54hrs | Views
POLICE recovered 3,832 stolen cattle between January and October this year as stocktheft cases dropped by 10 percent compared to the same period last year.
National coordinator anti-stocktheft unit, Senior Assistant Commissioner Benard Dumbura, told farmers and business people at a meeting in Bulawayo yesterday that this year's stock theft cases dropped from 9,264 to 8,877 in a period of 10 months.
"The recovery rate improved this year from 38 percent in 2012 to 43 percent as 3, 832 cattle were recovered," Snr Asst Comm Dumbura said.
He, however, said the livestock industry continues to face challenges and singled out corruption by some abattoirs and butcheries who connive with rustlers.
He said some abattoirs were slaughtering cattle without any clearance forms making it difficult for police to fight stocktheft.
Snr Asst Comm Dumbura urged farmers and the business community to cooperate with police to weed out rustlers.
He said transporting livestock at night was illegal and warned that police would be out in full force to arrest offenders.
National coordinator anti-stocktheft unit, Senior Assistant Commissioner Benard Dumbura, told farmers and business people at a meeting in Bulawayo yesterday that this year's stock theft cases dropped from 9,264 to 8,877 in a period of 10 months.
"The recovery rate improved this year from 38 percent in 2012 to 43 percent as 3, 832 cattle were recovered," Snr Asst Comm Dumbura said.
He said some abattoirs were slaughtering cattle without any clearance forms making it difficult for police to fight stocktheft.
Snr Asst Comm Dumbura urged farmers and the business community to cooperate with police to weed out rustlers.
He said transporting livestock at night was illegal and warned that police would be out in full force to arrest offenders.
Source - chronicle
