Saturday, November 08, 2008

Raiders make off with bull semen

Bull semen worth about £12,000 has been stolen from a farm building in south west Scotland.

The incident happened near Brydekirk in Dumfries and Galloway some time between Sunday and Thursday.

The semen is stored in a purpose-built flask containing liquid nitrogen in order to keep it at a fixed temperature.

A police spokesman said the flask was the only item taken during the raid on the farm. The flask contained about 400 "straws" of semen.

A Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary spokesman said that some form of transport must have been used in the raid as the flask weighed more than 30kg.

"Due to the high value it will have a market - somebody will take it off their hands."

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