PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland police say more than a dozen rabbits reported stolen the night before a rabbit-cooking class have been returned by bunny advocates who had been caring for them.Members of the volunteer group Rabbit Advocates say they're trying to buy the bunnies so they can live as pets.Police say 18 rabbits belonging to farmer Levi Cole disappeared on Jan. 7.
Cole says the theft occurred the night before he taught a class on raising, slaughtering and cooking rabbits.Cole is an instructor for the Portland Meat Collective. He believes the theft was politically motivated. Police have no suspects.Rabbit Advocates board member Erin Ford says the bunnies were dumped anonymously at the home of a volunteer.Police Lt. Robert King said 17 rabbits were picked up Friday from the advocates' lawyer's office. King says police are still looking for one small, gray rabbit named Roger. Ford says she believes he's still in foster care.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/15/stolen-rabbits-returned-_n_1207283.html?ref=weird-news
Showing posts with label animal theft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animal theft. Show all posts
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Monday, October 17, 2011
'Criminal' penguin caught on film
A "criminal" stone-stealing Adelie penguin has been captured on camera by a BBC film crew.
The team, filming for the documentary Frozen Planet, spent four months with the penguin colony on Ross Island, Antarctica.
The footage they captured shows a male penguin stealing stones from its neighbour's nest.
The birds build their stone nests to elevate and protect their eggs from run-off when the Antarctic ice melts.
Males with the best nests are more likely to attract a mate, so, in a colony of half a million penguins, the best stones are highly prized.
Read on...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Golden-handed monkeys stolen from Doncaster garden
A pregnant monkey and her mate have been stolen from a home near Doncaster in South Yorkshire.
Their owner, Albert Dargue, believes the golden-handed tamarins were taken from his garden in Rossington on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
He said: "I'm very worried, the people who stole them don't know how to care for them." He believes his other monkeys may have attacked the thieves.
South Yorkshire Police has confirmed it is investigating the matter.
A spokesperson said it was believed the suspects forced open the padlock on a shed where the monkeys were housed.
The pair were rescued monkeys and have been valued at £2,250 each.
Mr Dargue has owned the animals for about four years and he has appealed for their return.
He said: "The female is due to give birth in October. They're part of the family.
"Please bring them back and no legal action will be taken. They'll die without proper care."
The missing animals are also known as red-handed tamarins and are about the size of a small cat.
They are black with distinctive golden hands and feet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-14234161
Their owner, Albert Dargue, believes the golden-handed tamarins were taken from his garden in Rossington on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
He said: "I'm very worried, the people who stole them don't know how to care for them." He believes his other monkeys may have attacked the thieves.
South Yorkshire Police has confirmed it is investigating the matter.
A spokesperson said it was believed the suspects forced open the padlock on a shed where the monkeys were housed.
The pair were rescued monkeys and have been valued at £2,250 each.
Mr Dargue has owned the animals for about four years and he has appealed for their return.
He said: "The female is due to give birth in October. They're part of the family.
"Please bring them back and no legal action will be taken. They'll die without proper care."
The missing animals are also known as red-handed tamarins and are about the size of a small cat.
They are black with distinctive golden hands and feet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-14234161
Friday, November 19, 2010
Two accused of stealing cockroach, happy ending for cockroach
The beastly crime was carried out in a series of night-time raids on the Baltimore’s Carrie Murray Nature Center by two brothers, aged 11 and 14.
Police spokeswoman Officer Nicole Monroe said yesterday that the boys will face charges including theft and breaking and entering. They've been released into their parents' custody.
The animals they stole included an iguana, geckos, chameleons, turtles – and a wingless Madagascar hissing cockroach.
Why, is anyone’s guess. Perhaps they wanted to see the cockroach have a hissing fit?
Anyway, none of the animals came to any harm and they were all returned safe and sound to the nature centre.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/847811-two-accused-of-stealing-cockroach-happy-ending-for-cockroach#ixzz15l39RIFt
Police spokeswoman Officer Nicole Monroe said yesterday that the boys will face charges including theft and breaking and entering. They've been released into their parents' custody.
The animals they stole included an iguana, geckos, chameleons, turtles – and a wingless Madagascar hissing cockroach.
Why, is anyone’s guess. Perhaps they wanted to see the cockroach have a hissing fit?
Anyway, none of the animals came to any harm and they were all returned safe and sound to the nature centre.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/847811-two-accused-of-stealing-cockroach-happy-ending-for-cockroach#ixzz15l39RIFt
Two accused of stealing cockroach, happy ending for cockroach
The beastly crime was carried out in a series of night-time raids on the Baltimore’s Carrie Murray Nature Center by two brothers, aged 11 and 14.
Police spokeswoman Officer Nicole Monroe said yesterday that the boys will face charges including theft and breaking and entering. They've been released into their parents' custody.
The animals they stole included an iguana, geckos, chameleons, turtles – and a wingless Madagascar hissing cockroach.
Why, is anyone’s guess. Perhaps they wanted to see the cockroach have a hissing fit?
Anyway, none of the animals came to any harm and they were all returned safe and sound to the nature centre.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/847811-two-accused-of-stealing-cockroach-happy-ending-for-cockroach#ixzz15l39RIFt
Police spokeswoman Officer Nicole Monroe said yesterday that the boys will face charges including theft and breaking and entering. They've been released into their parents' custody.
The animals they stole included an iguana, geckos, chameleons, turtles – and a wingless Madagascar hissing cockroach.
Why, is anyone’s guess. Perhaps they wanted to see the cockroach have a hissing fit?
Anyway, none of the animals came to any harm and they were all returned safe and sound to the nature centre.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/847811-two-accused-of-stealing-cockroach-happy-ending-for-cockroach#ixzz15l39RIFt
Monday, November 1, 2010
Ploughshare Tortoises Find Their Way Home
Channelon-Line TV/Jersey News. 10/29/10
The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is celebrating the news that three of four ploughshare tortoises, stolen from its base in Madagascar, have been returned to the Trust.
The four tortoises were stolen in May last year, as they were about to be released into their native habitat in the north-west of Madagascar. Each animal was at least 15 years old and part of Durrell's long term captive
breeding programme for the species.
One of the animals was retreived in a shipment of smuggled tortoises about to leave Anatnanarivo airport, and another was retreived after it appeared on a Malaysian website, on sale for $15,000.
The third and most recent one was recovered following the seizure of an illegal shipment of animals by the Malaysian authorities in Kuala Lumpur this summer.
In July, two women were caught travelling with suitcases containing 400 radiated tortoises, 11 spider tortoises and four ploughshare tortoises.
The three tortoises will now all rejoin Durrell's captive breeding programme, which has been placed under strict police protection.
Richard Lewis, Director of Durrell's Madagascar Programme said: "This is a really important event. Not only have we been able to recover this animal, it is a powerful signal from the Malaysian Government that they will not stand for the illegal shipment of threatened species through their borders. Most of the illegal trade in wildlife from Madagascar is routed through South East Asian countries and we hope that this is a precedent
that can be followed by other countries such as Thailand and Indonesia to show that there is no future to illegally stripping Madagascar of its natural heritage for profit."
The investigation into the wherebouts of the fourth missing tortoise continues however, and the hope is that it might be part of batch seized at Bangkok Airport on 11th October, including one medium sized ploughshare. Durrell are currently working with TRAFFIC and the Thai authorities to confirm whether this is the last of the four.
From: HerpDigest Volume # 10 Issue # 46 10/30/10 (A Not-for-Profit Publication)
The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is celebrating the news that three of four ploughshare tortoises, stolen from its base in Madagascar, have been returned to the Trust.
The four tortoises were stolen in May last year, as they were about to be released into their native habitat in the north-west of Madagascar. Each animal was at least 15 years old and part of Durrell's long term captive
breeding programme for the species.
One of the animals was retreived in a shipment of smuggled tortoises about to leave Anatnanarivo airport, and another was retreived after it appeared on a Malaysian website, on sale for $15,000.
The third and most recent one was recovered following the seizure of an illegal shipment of animals by the Malaysian authorities in Kuala Lumpur this summer.
In July, two women were caught travelling with suitcases containing 400 radiated tortoises, 11 spider tortoises and four ploughshare tortoises.
The three tortoises will now all rejoin Durrell's captive breeding programme, which has been placed under strict police protection.
Richard Lewis, Director of Durrell's Madagascar Programme said: "This is a really important event. Not only have we been able to recover this animal, it is a powerful signal from the Malaysian Government that they will not stand for the illegal shipment of threatened species through their borders. Most of the illegal trade in wildlife from Madagascar is routed through South East Asian countries and we hope that this is a precedent
that can be followed by other countries such as Thailand and Indonesia to show that there is no future to illegally stripping Madagascar of its natural heritage for profit."
The investigation into the wherebouts of the fourth missing tortoise continues however, and the hope is that it might be part of batch seized at Bangkok Airport on 11th October, including one medium sized ploughshare. Durrell are currently working with TRAFFIC and the Thai authorities to confirm whether this is the last of the four.
From: HerpDigest Volume # 10 Issue # 46 10/30/10 (A Not-for-Profit Publication)
Ploughshare Tortoises Find Their Way Home
Channelon-Line TV/Jersey News. 10/29/10
The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is celebrating the news that three of four ploughshare tortoises, stolen from its base in Madagascar, have been returned to the Trust.
The four tortoises were stolen in May last year, as they were about to be released into their native habitat in the north-west of Madagascar. Each animal was at least 15 years old and part of Durrell's long term captive
breeding programme for the species.
One of the animals was retreived in a shipment of smuggled tortoises about to leave Anatnanarivo airport, and another was retreived after it appeared on a Malaysian website, on sale for $15,000.
The third and most recent one was recovered following the seizure of an illegal shipment of animals by the Malaysian authorities in Kuala Lumpur this summer.
In July, two women were caught travelling with suitcases containing 400 radiated tortoises, 11 spider tortoises and four ploughshare tortoises.
The three tortoises will now all rejoin Durrell's captive breeding programme, which has been placed under strict police protection.
Richard Lewis, Director of Durrell's Madagascar Programme said: "This is a really important event. Not only have we been able to recover this animal, it is a powerful signal from the Malaysian Government that they will not stand for the illegal shipment of threatened species through their borders. Most of the illegal trade in wildlife from Madagascar is routed through South East Asian countries and we hope that this is a precedent
that can be followed by other countries such as Thailand and Indonesia to show that there is no future to illegally stripping Madagascar of its natural heritage for profit."
The investigation into the wherebouts of the fourth missing tortoise continues however, and the hope is that it might be part of batch seized at Bangkok Airport on 11th October, including one medium sized ploughshare. Durrell are currently working with TRAFFIC and the Thai authorities to confirm whether this is the last of the four.
From: HerpDigest Volume # 10 Issue # 46 10/30/10 (A Not-for-Profit Publication)
The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is celebrating the news that three of four ploughshare tortoises, stolen from its base in Madagascar, have been returned to the Trust.
The four tortoises were stolen in May last year, as they were about to be released into their native habitat in the north-west of Madagascar. Each animal was at least 15 years old and part of Durrell's long term captive
breeding programme for the species.
One of the animals was retreived in a shipment of smuggled tortoises about to leave Anatnanarivo airport, and another was retreived after it appeared on a Malaysian website, on sale for $15,000.
The third and most recent one was recovered following the seizure of an illegal shipment of animals by the Malaysian authorities in Kuala Lumpur this summer.
In July, two women were caught travelling with suitcases containing 400 radiated tortoises, 11 spider tortoises and four ploughshare tortoises.
The three tortoises will now all rejoin Durrell's captive breeding programme, which has been placed under strict police protection.
Richard Lewis, Director of Durrell's Madagascar Programme said: "This is a really important event. Not only have we been able to recover this animal, it is a powerful signal from the Malaysian Government that they will not stand for the illegal shipment of threatened species through their borders. Most of the illegal trade in wildlife from Madagascar is routed through South East Asian countries and we hope that this is a precedent
that can be followed by other countries such as Thailand and Indonesia to show that there is no future to illegally stripping Madagascar of its natural heritage for profit."
The investigation into the wherebouts of the fourth missing tortoise continues however, and the hope is that it might be part of batch seized at Bangkok Airport on 11th October, including one medium sized ploughshare. Durrell are currently working with TRAFFIC and the Thai authorities to confirm whether this is the last of the four.
From: HerpDigest Volume # 10 Issue # 46 10/30/10 (A Not-for-Profit Publication)
Tails stolen from Montana horses
THREE FORKS, Mont. - Authorities in Montana said at least two horse owners have called police to report the theft of hair from their animals. The Gallatin County Sheriff's Office said Sandy O'Rourke of Three Forks called Oct. 17 and reported someone had taken the tails off two of her horses and cut part of the mane from a third, The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported Thursday. The theft came a month after Bob and Connie Riley of Dillon reported the theft of the hair from their horse's tail, investigators said. The horse owners said their animals were not injured, but they are inconvenienced as they rely on their tails to swat at flies. "It takes about four to five years for the tail to grow back," Bob Riley said.
Tails stolen from Montana horses
THREE FORKS, Mont. - Authorities in Montana said at least two horse owners have called police to report the theft of hair from their animals. The Gallatin County Sheriff's Office said Sandy O'Rourke of Three Forks called Oct. 17 and reported someone had taken the tails off two of her horses and cut part of the mane from a third, The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported Thursday. The theft came a month after Bob and Connie Riley of Dillon reported the theft of the hair from their horse's tail, investigators said. The horse owners said their animals were not injured, but they are inconvenienced as they rely on their tails to swat at flies. "It takes about four to five years for the tail to grow back," Bob Riley said.
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