The Police in Kavango East Region are appealing to the residents to take care of their livestock and not desert them in crop fields.

Inspector Robert Katamba, the Community Affairs Unit Commander, says this is a peak time for livestock theft, a case in point being a farmer whose four cattle were stolen at Simpanda recently.

Inspector Katamba says thieves walk in groups because one or two cannot skin two cattle in a short period of time.

He called on the livestock owners not to leave their cattle unattended.