Rancher Carlos Abreu complained that rustlers took his entire herd of 14 milk cows and a bull from his farm in the community of La Jagua, some 3 km north of Hato Mayor. Abreu says this must be the biggest theft of cattle in the entire area. He said his losses were over RD$500,000. He called the theft “extraordinary” because among the animals taken was the prize bull used for reproduction. Abreu is offering a reward of RD$5,000 pesos to anyone who can help locate the animals.
Abreu told reporters from the Diario Libre that in over 70 years of working with milk and meat cattle he had never experienced something like this. He says this rustling had been planned and he called on the police and judicial authorities of the province to help him find the people responsible. He said that among the animals taken were six pregnant cows and the bull.
Abreu is also a cacao farmer. He warned that the theft of cattle in the east is growing and he called on the director of the National Police to intervene in the police detachments in Hato Mayor where he said they had done nothing to recover his cattle.
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Diario Libre
30 August 2018
