Cash cow: Moosomin RCMP arrest man for cattle theft

A Whitewood farmer was in udder disbelief when he found over a dozen baby cows missing from his herd last month.

Then, on June 28, the Saskatchewan RCMP Livestock Investigator received a report from Livestock Services of Saskatchewan (LSS) about a suspicious livestock transaction.

An investigation determined that 14 calves were stolen from a farm in the RM of Silverwood, near Whitewood on three separate occasions.

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Moosomin RCMP said in a news release on July 19 that officers found a man had stolen the calves and attempted to sell them.

Seven calves have since been recovered and returned to the farm.

On July 12, police arrested a man at a residence in Whitewood.

The 34-year-old has been charged with three counts of theft of cattle, three counts of possession of property obtained by crime, and three counts of trafficking property obtained by crime.

The man is scheduled to appear in court in Moosomin on August 20.