DOZENS of lambs have been stolen in North Yorkshire.
About 60 lambs were taken from the Lofthouse area, near Harrogate, between Thursday and Friday last week.
It is believed the theft happened in the early hours of the morning.
North Yorkshire Police said the thieves would have needed transportation such as a cattle trailer or similar transporter to remove the sheep.
PC David Mackay, of North Yorkshire Police’s Rural Taskforce, added: "The sheep were marked with red across their shoulders, which may now have faded. They have been described as not yet ready and still quite small, and so there is the possibility that they may be on land somewhere."
If you have any information regarding the theft or are aware of sheep with this marking suddenly appearing on land phone North Yorkshire Police on 101, quoting 12170128773 or email david.mackay@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk.
In another incident of sheep theft in the Harrogate area, ten lambs were taken from a property on the B6161 Otley Road near Beckwithshaw sometime last week. That investigation is also ongoing, North Yorkshire Police said.
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