Police investigating the theft of an ornate lion from Feilding cemetery are seeking the public’s help to locate it.
The lion was stolen from a monument sometime between 6pm on 27 September and 9am on 28 September. An attempt was made to steal a second lion from the memorial, and guttering was stolen from a sexton’s shed.
Senior Sergeant Caleb Watt says the theft would have required a considerable amount of effort.
“It’s incredibly disappointing to see someone target a memorial, and I know the community will be disgusted at such a disrespectful and low act.
“Enquiries to date have not identified those responsible, and we’re hopeful someone has information that could help.”
Police would like to hear from anyone who saw suspicious activity around the cemetery on the night of the theft, or from anyone who has information that could lead to the missing lion or those who took it.
If you can assist, please make a report online at 105.police.govt.nz, clicking “Update report”. Please use the reference number 260929/7633.
Alternatively, information can be provided anonymously to Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
Whoever steals from the dead will be cursed. What a shameful act.
What has our country become?
I hope the thief finds their conscience and brings it back.
Oh and put a gps on the other ones so if the thief comes back the police will know exactly where to find them
What are these statues made of? Let me guess; bronze or copper?..!
The monument itself is occultic, 4 lions = the 4 Winds, and an Obelisk representing the penis..
A Masonic grave site perhaps?
Or an early ‘Pillar of the Community’ granted an exquisite burial site?
What is on the plaque?
You won’t recover this; it’s probably already been cut-up and melted-down.
Other monuments, cenotaphs, etc are being attacked in other parts of the country.
With all of the surveillance cameras operating out there, it seems nothing ever is achieved.
This memorial commemorates the residents of Feilding who gave their lives in the First World War and the Second World War.
It is a memorial for which the residents of Fielding paid.
The memorial commemorates WWI and WWII dead whose bodies never came back home. Whatever we think about the wars now, those young men truly believed what they were told, that they were protecting our freedoms against the incursions of the enemy. If they could come back now and see what this country has become I doubt they would move one inch in the direction of the recruiting office.
The men who do these thefts have no respect for anything. They will ultimately destroy everything. And the worst part is that they have a market for their booty – other men who will pay huge amounts of money to have beautiful things in their possession. Men who will never get touched by the long arm of the law. I’ll guarantee that stone lion never gets back to its original home guarding the memorial.
Scum of the earth!
This is a repugnant crime. This is across the board. There are way to many gangs, violence attacks, thuggery.
I ask this question. How did NZ sociality ever create these types of people?
Send them to El Salvador
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rrVznR2oV4
On an unrelated note, anyone wanna see my new garden sphinx? 😬
You should see my Politically-Correct and Woke garden Gnomes…all with Green Party banners at a posed flower polling place, lovingly garnished with sedatives, amphetamines, anti-depressants and a list of failed policies!