This is so sad, and as usual the Police seem not to care. I can’t imagine how this lady feels about her rabbits.

When will stealing ever end for some people, guess when they get old and can’t steal anymore. Sad

How many times have I heard that when you call the police, they can never respond in a timely manner especially from the farmers.
When the police had to travel by foot and bicycle they responded faster than now that they have vehicles and were more visible. I think we should follow Trinidad and bring in some one from overseas to run the department, then things would become more efficient,
because some of us don`t seem to respect our own.

How sad to see when i read the papers people are always stealing crops cattle etc. We have the weather to produce food to sustain the family if needed buy yet we have scumbags destroying other people’s livelihood with no consideration for how that person feels. Why have we as a nation become so lazy and unable to provide for ourselves without needing to steal. I hope the police catch the thieves!!!!!

it is instructive that with 1902 viewings of this article there is not one comment.

Successful farming requires initiative, hard work and dedication. There have been numerous examples of predation on the farmers of Barbados for a very long time and it is time that we mount a concerted effort to combat the theft of crops and livestock. This should involve the whole community and not just the police though a core forensic team should be established to investigate and follow up on theft from farms. In addition where loopholes in the law exist that impede successful prosecution they should be closed.

There are too many instances of praedial larceny and crop thefts in Barbados. Laws are already in place but it is the lack of will on the part of the judiciary to impose the stiffest possible penalties when the culprits are caught. The powers that be are going to have to find some creative ways to prevent these thefts, i.e use some Defense Force personnel along with RBPF personnel in plain clothes to do patrols, similar to how cane fire patrol is done.

Get a large territorial dog to guard the rabbits. Thieves avoid barking dogs. Using dogs to guard crops and livestock has been in practice for centuries.

All this stealing from small farmers needs to stop, but the upsetting thing is that members of the public will buy these said stolen livestock/produce at a cheaper price and will not question where the seller received the stock from.

Security cameras might have been a deterrent to the low
life(lives)who stole those rabbits.Or dogs,maybe?

I am very sorry for her but farmers must realise that security is another important cost of doing business. It is not good enough to secure your investment with “rope” then haul in the papers about how you were robbed. If you had a car you would HAVE to pay thousands to insure it every year but when it comes to chickens, sheep and crops you lay yourselves at the mercy of thieves with little or no investment in securing them.

1405 people have viewed this article and not one comment. Where is our sense of outrage at the long series of acts of vandalism and theft against the farmers of Barbados?

It is time that the community comes together and work to stamp out the plundering of the food produced for our consumption by hard working dedicated Bajan farmers.

A special forensic unit and a strengthening of legislation would be a step in the right direction but the public also needs to be involved in the fight against crop and livestock theft.

This is absolutely disgraceful.  After people work so hard and put their hard earned cash into a business venture, these lazy, thieves come along and reap the benefits.  If the police can’t help, then it looks like the farmers will have to protect their property some how.

If you do get a dog to guard your home or farm, make sure it is well trained not to take food from strangers and not to eat food it just finds lying around on the ground, no matter how tempting it might appear.

The wutless, low-life, conscienceless thieves about this place would think nothing of poisoning a juicy piece of beef and feeding it to your dog if by killing the dog in such a manner, it will help them to gain access to your property.

The robbery and fire bombing
of that Chicken outlet is posted in your paper and not
on the `net,although it made the front page of the paper, for what reason I don`t know so I decided to used this space to asked why these business do not install cameras on the premises and I`ll bet that there would have been a picture of him all over the TV and Newspaper and he would be in custody already or at least the police would know whom they`re looking for.

Praedial larceny has become a national disgrace, and just another symptom of all that is wrong with this so-called paradise.

The police will not prosecute thieves, the government pays only lip service, and the people suffer. The only time anything will be done is when farmers becomes a vigilantes and takes matters into their own hands.

Praedial larceny used to be winked at because it was stealing from “Massa.” Well, Massa day done, and the thieves are still at work.

Although Security is an issue I think it is absurd to say that this farmer cannot secure her farm with a rope. Come on why cant people keep their hands off other people’s property. To liken it to an automobile is disgraceful! It sounds like the person is almost legitimizing the theft.. Is he an insurance agent maybe? Struups.. As a farmer I find this the limit!! Brings you to tears!

I read the article Uncle Philip

Dave in Tucson

karma ..what goes around comes around.  maybe its time to shut down and stop killing innocent animals !!!!