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Sheep-rustling up as wool and meat prices rise

Sheep theft wool meat prices farmers

Noel Siviour Source: SBS

Soaring wool and meat prices are believed to be spurring a wave of livestock thefts across the country.


Millions of dollars' worth of animals have been reported stolen from rural areas in the past 12 months.

It is an extra blow for some farmers already suffering from drought.

 


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