Thieves steal 30,000 euros Bullensperma from Rinderstall in Löcknitz!

Thieves steal 30,000 euros Bullensperma from Rinderstall in Löcknitz!

In a surprising incident, unknown people stolen valuable Bullensperma in the night of Thursday in Löcknitz-Penkun in Tuscan, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. According to the ZVW the value of the stolen goods is 30,000 euros. The perpetrators penetrated into a beef stable and withdrawn cum that was stored in liquid nitrogen. Theft is of great importance for many farmers in the country, since the breeding technologies are now often dependent on such solutions.

During the break-in, according to reports of the Augsburger General fled. This brings new worries into the already characterized agriculture, which is increasingly faced with thefts.

agricultural crime increases

The question of security for farmers has become increasingly pressing in recent years. According to an investigation, Kirstin Drenkhahn, professor of criminal law and criminology, there is many misunderstandings about crime in rural areas. People often associate such acts with urban structure, although around 20 percent of the German population lives in rural areas, where there are also different forms of crime, as the investigation into the thefts in the cattle business show that of the fu berlin

The theft rate among farmers is 25 percent more than the national average. Many farmers do not feel thefts like the staged in Löcknitz-Penkun as "real" crime, which means that such incidents are often not reported to the police. Their determination of bringing back the prey varies depending on the value of the stolen good.

The economic dimension

A fact that should not be underestimated is the economic importance of the stolen goods. According to the beef alliance Woldegk, the average price for a dose of bull sperm is 15 euros, but can be up to 100 euros for special breeding animals. In fertilization, two doses are usually required, which further illustrates the dimension of this theft.

The police are already working on the investigation and pursues the traces of the perpetrators in a case that is of great explosiveness for both those affected and for the entire region. The challenges that rural areas entail show that crime is not excluded here and a rethink when securing agricultural property is necessary.