As livestock theft becomes a growing problem in rural Australia, new technologies offer hope
- Written by Kyle J.D. Mulrooney, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Co-director of the Centre for Rural Criminology, University of New England
AAP/NSW drought stockLast week, it was reported that 700 sheep with an estimated value of $140,000, including nearly 200 valuable merino ewes, were stolen from a Victorian property in a highly sophisticated rural crime operation. Such large-scale rural theft is increasingly common.
Rural crime is not isolated to certain states. Rather, stock theft...
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