Police are investigating a series of attacks in south Devon where sheep appear to have been killed for meat.
Around 10 sheep or lambs have been killed and butchered for meat on farmland in the Newton Abbot and Teign Valley areas.
Offenders struck on remote farmland at least eight times between November 2012 and February 2013, leaving the unwanted remains of the animals behind.
Police are warning people not to buy any mutton or lamb meat offered for sale as many of the animals had just been vaccinated and the meat is unfit for human consumption
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