Thieves steal 100 trees at Canadian farm

Doug Drysdale's tree farm outside Toronto has a "cut-your-own" honor system, but when he checked in last week he found about 100 trees gone.
"They didn't just wander in and take one or two," he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. "Obviously they had a truck and maybe a trailer or something like that to put them in."

The family has run the farm for more than 60 years. Drysdale planted many of the trees that were stolen.

"When you drive up and see the product that you've worked hard to grow is missing, it is very disappointing and disheartening," he said.

Apparently the thieves intended to come back for more.

"I saw trees that were tagged that we hadn't marked," he said.

There is no way to trace the missing trees.

"You go to any lot and you're looking at $40 or $60, maybe $70 a tree.
One-hundred trees at that price and you're looking at a fair amount of money," said Ontario Provincial Police Constable Mark Kinney.

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