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Sophie Kesteven and Damien Carrick for The Law Report

New technology could be used to prevent and reduce agricultural crime in Australia

Dr Kyle Mulrooney says cattle theft is costing Australian farmers around $50 million a year. (Supplied: UNE )

Stealing farm animals, like cattle or sheep, in Australia can land the perpetrator in jail for up to 14 years.

But that didn't deter thieves from stealing 700 sheep, valued at nearly $140,000, from a farm at Logan in central Victoria earlier this year. 

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