The elks, or moose as they are known in the US, were taken between 4 and 5 October. PC Jackie Poole said she was interested in speaking to anyone who had been approached about elks or elk meat. She added: "This is an unusual theft and would have required a vehicle, and probably quite a bit of time, to complete.
"It is possible that dogs were used to help herd the animals. I would ask people in the area at the time to cast their mind back and see if they remember seeing anything suspicious. I am particularly interested in speaking to anyone who has been approached about elks or elk meat or anyone who saw a vehicle in the area which was capable of stealing these animals."
Woodentop Farm is a rare breeds organic farm, breeding and rearing wild boar, bison and elk for gourmet sausages. Paul Richards, who runs the farm, said: "Luckily we were on site and discovered the fence had been cut. We keep wild boar and bison here and if they'd got out it could have been disastrous."
6 comments:
We have both elk and moose in North America. They are not the same.
Elk are still Elk in the US. Elk and Moose are totally different.
Thank you both for educating me. :)
Dare I mention, the plural of elk is elk?
As for moose, it reminds me of the old scot who sees a large animal whilst in Canada, and on being told it's a moose, shudders with horror, and fortifies himself with a quick dram from his hipflask, "If that's the size of a moose in these parts, I dinnae want to meet the rats!"
Haha!
I thought the plural was elk, but yesterday on the BBC website it definitely said elks. And I believed them.
They've changed it now.
I'll never trust the BBC again.
They are raising American Elk (Cervus canadensis).
The confusion is because by the North American Moose(Alces alces)is called a Eurasian Elk in Europe and Britain.
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