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[Anthony Cynor]

Neil:

Were there stumps left or the trees completely gone?

Tony

Neil Jones wrote:

>                 MISSING, BELIEVED STOLEN
>
>                Two forty-foot high oak trees
>
> It has been reported that two large oak trees that have been
> growing on the  site for many years have been "stolen"
> from under the eyes of the site occupiers, despite
> the employment of a professional security company.
>
> None of the occupiers of the site would have felled the trees
> without planning permission from the council and the only
> explanation possible is that the trees have been feloniously
> removed by unknown and unseen persons.
>
> Are all our trees at risk from the criminals responsible, and
> must we guard our gardens and allotments from this new type
> of plant theft?
>
> Can you help solve this crime?
> Did you see in the last three months any suspicious looking
> character making off with a 40-foot oak tree, that didn't look
> like his own?
> Have you ever been offered a similar tree, in the pub, that "fell
> off a lorry"?
> Have you seen lots of sawdust in places where it shouldn't be?
> The authorities are baffled, perhaps the local community can
> help!!
> If you know any thing, tell the company, or the council!!!
>
> --
> Neil Jones- Neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk http://www.nwjones.demon.co.uk/
> "At some point I had to stand up and be counted. Who speaks for the
> butterflies?" Andrew Lees - The quotation on his memorial at Crymlyn Bog
> National Nature Reserve