Sheep rustling and tool theft account for rural crime increasing by 5 per cent in the past year to £44m, according to a report by NFU Mutual. While tractor thefts have been attributed to eastern ...

In recent times cattle rustling, hitherto a mundane traditional practice among pastoralist communities, has taken on a new and darker identity. Many argue that given the murders, rapes, abductions, ...

Livestock worth an estimated £2.3 million was stolen from British farms last year, startling new figures have revealed, making rustling one of the most costly crimes for farmers after vehicle and ...