Monday, November 21, 2011

Texas Hill Country, U.S.A.!

"6 men indicted in lamb rustling


"Hill Country rancher devastated by theft of about 6,000 animals"

Snippet from Zeke MacCormack's article in the San Antonio EXPRESS - NEWS, Saturday, November 19, 2011.

"FREDERICKSBURG -- six men have been indicted in what's being called the Hill Country's largest rustling case in memory: the alleged pilfering of roughly 6,000 lambs worth upwards of $800,000.

"The animals were reported stolen by the Immel Feed Yard, a sprawling network of pens in the rolling rural countryside north of town, where one suspect had worked for years.

"[O]wner Alton Immel said of the thefts, the worst since the business opened in 1969, made worse by the possible betrayal of a worker, It's devastating.

"The thefts began on a small scale, with a few animals secreted away in the backs of pickups, said Max Hartmann, special agent for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association..

"No lambs stolen from Immel Feed Yard have been recovered.

"Investigators say it's the Hill Country's largest rustling case anyone can remember..."

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