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One Flomaton farmer found that out the hard way earlier this month.
Channel Three's Jake Peterson tells us what happened.
"Since there have been cows, there has been cow theft."
And Alabama Sheriff's Departments are seeing more and more reports on the crime.
Sheriff Grover Smith's office took one earlier this month.
"At first, he thought they got through the fence and escaped."
But then the cattlemen noticed his fence had been tampered with.
The sheriff believes the farmer's 13 cows were loaded up and taken away.
"People are out of working and they are going to do whatever to get some money and stealing is always a method for people who arent to make sacrifices."
The Black Angus cows are worth nearly a thousand dollars a piece.
The livestock in this case are branded with these symbols.
Sheriff Smith says every farmer should brand their cows and take inventory.
"Count their cows on a regular basis and let us know immediately."
"We've had cows about 15 years."
Escambia County rancher Theresa Tichi says she often counts her cows and checks the property for anything suspicious.
"We watch them real close. We've never had any problems."
She's surprised someone would take so many cows from one person. She thinks the cows are probably long gone.
"They would haul it to another county and sell and they probably have their own farm to take them to."
The sheriff's department is checking with livestock dealers for the missing cows.
The Alabama Agriculture Department says authorities investigated 27 cattle rustling cases in 2008.
This year, they've already investigated 29 cases.
The Alabama Cattlemen's Association is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone stealing cattle belonging to one of its members.Cattle Theft On Rise in Alabama
• IN FLORIDA NEWS
Feds bust Palm Beach County drug ring
November 21, 2009 12:15 EST
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Federal authorities say they've have broken up a Palm Beach County drug trafficking ring that sent more than 175,000 oxycodone tablets from South Florida pain clinics to the Appalachian Mountains.
At least 20 people were indicted on drug selling charges in an operation that reportedly ran from January 2006 to Oct. 14. Court documents partially unsealed Thursday show that 10 of the people charged are from Palm Beach County and two from Broward.
Authorities say the scheme earned at least $5 million by selling painkillers in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.
The trafficking case began as a probe by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office but expanded to include the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Information from: The Palm Beach Post, http://www.pbpost.com
Thursday, July 30 2009, 07:52 PM EDT
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