Thursday 11 October 2012

"If they had got out it could have been a catastrophe"

Spotted by JuliaM in The Guardian:

Police are searching for suspected rustlers who stole six fully grown elks from a farm in Somerset.

Officers believe the thieves may have used dogs to round the large beasts up and must have had a sizeable lorry. They are particularly keen to speak to anyone who has been offered cuts of elk meat – or even an actual elk.

Fortunately, farmer Paul Richards managed to stop a herd of bison, which roam in the same fields as the elk, from escaping after a fence was cut.

"If they had got out it could have been a catastrophe," said Paul Richards, who raises elk, bison and wild boar for their meat at Woodentop farm, near West Coker.

5 comments:

Sarton Bander said...

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/10/uk-britain-banks-fls-idUKBRE8990C420121010

If this gets out THERE WILL be another disaster.

A K Haart said...

I had to check it really was Woodentop farm. I never know with you (:

Mark Wadsworth said...

SB, it will and there will be.

AKH, yes, the article was a gift which kept on giving with no need for embellishment.

Bayard said...

I've just looked at the Guardian article and for some reason, they've headed it with a picture of a red deer.

Mark Wadsworth said...

B, yes I too struggle with this whole deer - red deer -reindeer - elk style racism. They're all cute and they all taste nice.