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Farm Watch

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James Lowen explores the lives of badgers and their communal living, feeding habits and threats to their conservation. Click here to buy:
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Because of the remoteness of many country farms from the nearest Police station, farms are often seen as "soft" targets by thieves and burglars. Farm vehicles and equipment are commonly stolen, to be dismantled into parts for separate re-sale. Also, burglaries at remote properties is a big problem too.

Many areas have now started their own Farm Watch or Neighbourhood Watch schemes. In this way, a group of remote properties can effectively alert each other to the presence of unusual vehicles or people; or unusual activities (especially at night).

Whilst this is not intended as carte blanche for vigilantes; it does allow farmers to help safeguard their property by checking that gates and barns are securely locked, placing attractive equipment out of sight and leaving external lights on; and it can provide an early warning to the police authorities to be on standby or to run a patrol through a remote area to help deter any-one who is contemplating committing a criminal act.

Farm Watches schemes may be supported directly by a co-operative local Police Station; or they may be informal associations of people who want to protect their own property. One useful example of how such informal schemes can work is that information can be "flashed" around a village to warn people of suspicious vehicles or targeted property. If, for example, some-one disturbs some-one trying to steal a Land Rover Defender; the vehicle owner can phone round a local network of other Defender owners to let them know what has happened; and to make sure that their own vehicles are less easy to steal for the next few weeks.

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