Murder of pregnant sheep / brebis portantes assassinées

Folie humaine. Manque de respect total pour la vie

Saloperie....

Wrotham Hill, Kent

On le sait que ces pauvres bêtes finiront égorgées avec leur progéniture à l'abattoir...

Mais là, c'est de la cruauté bas de gamme : foncer avec son 4x4 dans un champs occupé par des brebis portantes....

Cet "amusement" aura coûté la vie à 15 femelles et à leur petit, naturellement....

Sick joyrider mows down and kills 15 pregnant sheep 'for thrills' in barbaric 4x4 rampage

• Devastated farmer believes his animals were targeted by twisted thrill-seekers playing a game
• A number of the ewes were left with missing limbs after being hit with such force the car bumper fell off
  

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Last updated at 3:45 AM on 21st December 2011

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This is the scene of carnage left in the wake of a sick joyrider who deliberately ploughed his 4x4 into a flock of heavily-pregnant sheep.

Devastated farmer Chris Sargent, 29, found the mangled bodies of 15 ewes lying dead or dying in his field in Wrotham Hill, Kent.

The farmer today said he believes his animals were targeted by twisted thrill-seekers playing a game to hit as many of the livestock as possible.

Disgusting: A sick joyrider deliberately ploughed his 4x4 into a flock of heavily-pregnant sheep, leaving 15 ewes dead

Devastated: Farmer Chris Sargent said he believes his animals were targeted by twisted thrill-seekers playing a game to hit as many of the livestock as possible

A number of ewes were left with missing limbs after they were hit with such force the car’s bumper fell off.

Mr Sargent, who had a flock of 80 sheep before the attack, said the killing of 15 ewes and up to 25 unborn lambs was 'utterly barbaric'.

He said: 'What sort of a person can deliberately mow down a flock of sheep in the middle of the night? It’s utterly barbaric. Total cruelty.

'They have been out here for some time. It is not just a two-minute attack.'

A stunned walker discovered the carnage at 9am on Monday and called the police.

Police believe the driver took the Land Rover Discovery in the dead of night into the field along a muddy bridleway before rampaging across the field.

Horror scene: Seven of the animals were already dead and eight had to be shot after they had been left in pain all night following the barbaric attack, which police officers are investigating

Twisted: Police believe the driver took the Land Rover Discovery in the dead of night into the field along this muddy bridleway before rampaging across the field

Seven of the animals were already dead and eight had to be shot after they had been left in pain all night following the barbaric attack.

Mr Sargent, who farms at Catsford, near Battle, East Sussex, keeps the 80 ewes and a ram in the field owned by the St Cleres estate near the M20 for winter grazing.

The ewes, which are worth around £3,000 in total, were due to give birth to between 20 and 25 lambs worth around £100 in the new year.

Kent police said part of a black moulded bumper bar with a serial number found at the scene comes from a Mark I Land Rover Discovery.

Adrian Allen, Neighbourhood Policing Team Inspector, said: 'This is a terrible crime that has resulted in great pain, distress and suffering and it is difficult to imagine who could do such a callous thing. 

'We are keen to establish a motive for this attack as quickly as possible.' 

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