VANDALS have struck at two deer farms causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. Both Treswithick Farm near Bodmin and Treverbyn Mill, St Neot, had fences cut and deer freed during the high winds and rain of last Tuesday evening. Since then, a reward of £1,000 has been offered by Treswithick Farm owner Bruce Robertson for information leading to the arrest of those responsible. Chris Barrow, owner of Treverbyn Mill, lost around 30 deer and said the incident will cost the equivalent of a year's work. 'We diversified to bring in more money, and now I'm going to have to work the whole of next year for nothing,' he said. 'It's 12 months work down the drain.' Damage at both farms was discovered on Wednesday morning. Since then some of Mr Barrow's deer have either been found or returned but there are still around 20 missing. He said: 'We've had the master stag come back and we've found nine other deer.' The fencing, specially made and able to take the force of a deer running at it, is alone expected to cost around £3,500 to replace. 'The fencing is the best you can get – it's not just something you can nip to the shops to get,' he said. 'It costs £350 per 100 metres. 'We'd like to know why the damage has been done in the first place. If it's against me, I'd rather have people come out and tell me. If it's to help the animals then the people responsible should know that it's not doing them any good, as they've come back to me.' Mr Barrow warned people in the area to look out for the missing animals. 'I'm still extremely concerned about the public's safety,' he said. 'Any of the deer still out there could jump out in front of a car and cause an accident.' Mr Robertson agreed and said his first concern was safety on the roads. 'We have a quarter of a mile of land that goes on to the A30 and the deer could get on to that.' he said. 'The financial aspect is at the bottom of the pile.' A total of 81 panels were removed from Treswithick costing in the region of £4,500. Erected Mr Robertson added that if people were too intimidated to come forward, they could use the Crimestoppers number and remain anonymous. 'We're having hoardings erected at the farm, appealing for details with the number on,' he said. 'This is about the fourth attack of vandalism at the farm. I hope with the number of attacks on the same night it gives us a better chance of getting who did this.' Sgt Dave Cartwright, from Liskeard police, said that they were aware of other similar incidents in both Devon and Cornwall during the past few weeks. 'It is difficult to say who is responsible for the damage, but they could have also caused injury to the deer,' he said. Police are treating the case as deliberate damage and anyone with information is asked to contact Liskeard police station on 08452 777444 or to call Crimestoppers in confidence on 0800 555 111.