News Items tag as: Cattle Rustling

Interior cattlemen hope their voices will be heard by new RCMP livestock officer
November 23, 2016 - 6:30 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A position that's been vacant within the B.C. RCMP for two years is expected to be filled soon and ranchers will be breathing a sigh of relief.
Hunting season prime time for cattle poaching in Thompson-Okanagan
October 19, 2016 - 9:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - There have been two reported incidents of cattle poaching in Kamloops over the past week and the general manager of the B.C. Cattlemen's Association fears they won't be the last.
Cattle rustler convicted in Kamloops starved cows to cover up theft: Rancher
November 28, 2015 - 8:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - Ranch hand Jason John McDowell was sentenced in Kamloops earlier this month for defrauding his Cache Creek employer and stealing cows from an Alberta ranch owner. But somehow the sentencing judge never heard half the most damning allegations: He didn’t just sell his boss’s cattle, he nearly starved off his entire herd to cover his tracks.
Cattle rustler handed jail time, ordered to pay over $30,000 in restitution
November 17, 2015 - 1:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - A cattle rustler who attempted to sell his boss’s livestock in Alberta before fleeing to work at a Cache Creek ranch will spend the next year-and-a-half in jail after pleading guilty to several offences.
Okanagan ranch offers $10,000 reward after finding poached cows
October 21, 2015 - 5:30 PM

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Interior cattlemen hope their voices will be heard by new RCMP livestock officer