Copper Wire Theft at Shibukawa Poultry Farm Again, Many Chickens Die Due to Air Conditioning Failure

Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".

By AI of "Isesaki FM".

An incident of copper wire theft has occurred at a poultry farm in Shibukawa City, following the incident in July.

On the 5th, Shibukawa Police Station announced that about 22 meters of copper wire cable for electricity supply, worth 150,000 yen, had been stolen from a poultry farm in Hokitsumachi, Shibukawa City, managed by a poultry farming company in Maebashi City. A similar incident occurred on July 30th.

Around 8 am on the 5th, an employee arrived at work and discovered that the air conditioning had stopped. When the manager rushed to the scene, he found that the copper wire had been cut and called the police. As a result, many of the approximately 100,000 chickens raised at the poultry farm died.