Overview
- Detectives say about 5,500 Dorper ewes and rams were taken from a property on the Blackall‑Isisford Road between February and May this year.
- Queensland Police estimate the flock is worth more than $1.7 million and note the animals were fitted with white National Livestock Identification System tags.
- Rural and Stock Crime Squad investigators have opened a major probe and are asking anyone who saw suspicious stock movements or livestock transport activity to contact police or Crime Stoppers.
- Industry leaders say moving that many sheep would need multiple people, trucks and planning and that fewer rural workers checking stock may have let the loss go undetected for months.
- No arrests or recoveries have been reported and police are working with producers, saleyards and transport operators to trace the flock and identify those responsible.