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Show Officers seek new kind of animal rustler It will be dangerous for anyone any-one to be in the vicinity of the mink ranches at the mouth of Hobble Creek canyon, irate owners announced this week after the most recent theft of some $7,000 worth of minks from the J. Kent Johnson ranch. A $500 reward is being offered of-fered by the Fur Breeders Corp. to the person or persons who make possible the apprehension appre-hension and conviction of the thieves, it was reported today. Maeser Young-, who also owns a ranch in the vicinity, said it is not the first time such a thing has happened but they expect to make it the last of possible by guarding the property night and day. The owners are asking for any information concerning suspicious persons or cars seen in the area the night of the theft. Before bagging up the 300 choice animals from the Johnson John-son property, the thieves shot a pinscher guard dog and cut the high wire fence as well as the locks on the pens. Only a few months ago, thieves took more than 20 breeder mink many of which could not be replaced from the Young ranch in the same area. |