TWO?BULLS, one a 500-pound prize-winning animal, were stolen and slaughtered on a secluded St James pasture for their meat yesterday.
The caretakers of the animals found the carcasses several yards away from where the two were usually pastured at Waterhall Tenantry, St James.
The remains of the animals were left on an open field where they were butchered.
A shocked Patrick Webster, owner of the prize-winning Angler bull, said it was being prepared by caretaker Malcolm Blackman for next year’s Agrofest.
“It won first prize in 2011 and came in second this year, so we were preparing it to take the top spot again next year,” he said.
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