“Strange case out of Kissimmee:29 Stolen Cattle”

By Dan Santella, Orlando Weekly

1-30-2018

It can be a farmer's livelihood. Thursday night around $29,000 worth of cattle are gone.

Osceola County Sheriff Troy Wellman says not just anyone drove off with the cattle. "They would have to know how to work cattle, they would have to know that the cattle are here, at a feedlot, that may or may not have somebody at it, and know when they're gone," Wellman said. “Then, of course, you have to move the 600 pound animals. Somebody doesn’t just randomly go, 'Hey, I should steal some cattle today.'"

While some are still there, 29 cattle, each valued at around $1,000, are gone from a property south of Kissimmee. The owners, has declined to interview, but some clues are emerging. Sheriff Wellman says it happened sometime Wednesday night or Thursday morning, & he has an idea about what happened to the cattle.

"My hunch is, they're at another place somewhere, and they're either going to sell them in a week or two, or they're going to try to feed them out and sell them as fat cattle to a slaughter place," Wellman said. Wherever the cattle are, Wellman agrees it's a strange case.