Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Rare tortoises garden theft

POLICE are appealing for information after a group of rare breed tortoises were stolen from their enclosure in a garden in Worksop.
The five Hermann tortoises went missing between 10pm on Sunday, July 26, and 10.45am on Monday, July 27, from the garden in Hardwick Road West. PC Steve Bolstridge, from Nottinghamshire Police, said: "These tortoises are a rare breed and a difficult type to buy, so there won't be many on the market at the moment."
Anyone with information should contact PC Bolstridge on 01909 500999 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111

(Reproduced from the Sheffield Telegraph, 5th August)

GARDIEN TIP: Tortoises are perhaps the only animal which can easily be property marked with the owner's postcode to deter theft. General security precautions should also be taken to make access to the garden more difficult. See the advice available at http://www.garden-security.co.uk/ and for Property Marking see http://www.garden-security.co.uk/SelectaMark-Property-Marking.aspx

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