Police watch over sheep costs €80,000, and counting

A round-the-clock police watch of 300 sheep grazing in a farm on the outskirts of Għarb has already cost taxpayers close to €80,000 in police salaries and overtime. The guard was posted 10 months ago to ensure that the sheep or any of their products were not traded pending the outcome of a legal issue. The Veterinary Service had wanted the sheep culled because they were not registered, but a court case was filed in an attempt to save them.  Full story in The Times of Malta and the e-paper on timesofmalta.com. See also http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20121127/local/Gozitan-sheep-are-saved-from-culling-again.447009