Manitoba cattle producers want a public protective service available for livestock crimes.
That’s one of the resolutions members of Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) debated and passed during its annual general meeting on Feb. 8 and 9.
Manitoba is the only province in Western Canada without a Livestock Investigations Unit and a dedicated RCMP officer to investigate livestock theft and fraud.
Without those safeguards in place in Manitoba, criminals are finding ways to commit livestock related crimes.