CATTLE FOUND AFTER THEFT.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Staff Writer LAKE VIEW TERRACE - Fifteen cattle reported stolen New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. from the Hansen Dam Hansen Dam in Los Angeles County, California was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1939 and 1940. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash Equestrian Center have been found wandering in the Tujunga Wash Tujunga Wash is a stream in Los Angeles County, California. It is a tributary of the Los Angeles River, providing about a fifth of its flow, and drains about 225 square miles. , police said Thursday. Five cattle are still missing, said Equestrian Center operator and cattleman Eddie Milligan. ``We're still trying to figure it out.'' Police suspect either rustlers Rustlers are a range of burgers and hot sandwiches produced by Kepak Convenience Foods, based in Kirkham, Lancashire. The parent company, Kepak, is based in Dublin, Ireland. or vandals released the cattle. ``We're thinking that whoever took the bulls used them to practice or use in an upcoming rodeo, knowing that they would lose part of them. And now, they're done with them and letting them loose,'' said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police Detective George Morales of the Foothill Division. Milligan said he doubts vandals were responsible because no horses at the Equestrian Center were let loose. Milligan discovered the missing cattle, 60 in all, Jan. 1 and found that a fence in the back of the property had been cut open and four corrals emptied. Milligan and his workers immediately found three cattle in the yard and 37 others scattered over the mountainside and Big Tujunga Wash. The cattleman has offered a $10,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the theft of the cattle, worth about $800 apiece. The cattle are used in rodeos and special events before being sold to the slaughterhouses, Milligan said. Anyone with information is asked to contact Foothill detectives at (818) 834-3115 during business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a or (818) 756-8861 after hours. |
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