Tuesday 4 September 2012

49 Cows Worth 50000

49 stolen cows (Stolen cattle worth $50,000) from Dartmouth recovered at Pa. livestock auction, 49 cows stolen from local farm found at livestock auction. Police in Dartmouth are investigating the theft of more than four dozen cows from a communal farm.

Authorities said 49 cows were taken from a pen on the farm on Old Fall River Road Saturday night -- sometime between 10 p.m. and midnight.

On Monday, Dartmouth police Sgt. Allen Shaw said that 39 of the animals had been found at a livestock auction in New Holland, Pa. The owner of the cows, Ahmed Mahoud, was heading to Pennsylvania to retrieve them.

Resident Kristy Cabral, who raises chickens and ducks, said the farm that she shares with other renters is a safe place with an occasional cow breaking free from a neighboring plot.

“It's going on two years here and I've never had an issue,” Cabral said.

Police are still investigating, and Shaw had no additional details about the alleged theft or location of the other cows.

According the town assessor's database, the property where the cows were taken from is owned by Mary Robinson, of Dartmouth.

Until the cows come home, neighbors said they hope things at the farm will get back to normal.

"The way you see it -- very quiet, very peaceful," Cabral said.

The stolen cattle are worth an estimated $50,000.

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