Cattle rustling still a problem in Mo.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
04/08/2008
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Cattle rustling is still a problem in Missouri two years after Gov. Matt Blunt created a state task force against the crime.
The governor told a meeting of ranchers in Springfield that rustling continues, although there are indications it has decreased.
Cattle experts say a trailer-full of stolen calves can fetch $12,000.
Blunt did not provide numbers for total thefts.
He said the task force of state and local law enforcement has led to 26 arrests and the recovery of 126 cattle since it was created in February 2006.
Task force investigator Steve Crain said the total number of thefts is down a little, but the problem continues.
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