Theft at Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt

[snowman04]

Or, keep control of your hobby...

I haven't had a $400 tree stolen yet!

 

[Hermes33]

Really hoping for a happy ending here but not holding my breath.

 

[ralfish]

The sad reality is in a place like Oakland with the amount of crime and theft etc, the best deterrent will be dogs. Sadly its too lucrative and very poorly understood or taken seriously by the authorities combined with tough economic times for many this sort of thing will be getting worse. We all have to tighten up our security game. But how..

 

[Hermes33]

Really hoping for a happy ending here but not holding my breath

 

[Hermes33]

The sad reality is in a place like Oakland with the amount of crime and theft etc, the best deterrent will be dogs. Sadly its too lucrative and very poorly understood or taken seriously by the authorities combined with tough economic times for many this sort of thing will be getting worse. We all have to tighten up our security game. But how..

Or someone to get charged with grand larceny and a coordinated criminal enterprise.

 

[Deleted member 47471]

The sad reality is in a place like Oakland with the amount of crime and theft etc, the best deterrent will be dogs. Sadly it’s too lucrative and very poorly understood or taken seriously by the authorities combined with tough economic times for many this sort of thing will be getting worse. We all have to tighten up our security game. But how..

you nailed it

 

[shinmai]

Our club has had a longstanding practice of not identifying members by their full last name [just an initial] in newsletters and emails for anonymity, and the shared understanding is that you never assign a value to a tree. Our fear is not so much the professional thief [let’s face it, no one would think of Milwaukee to be teeming with high-value trees.] Rather, we worry about some imbecile who thinks (a) it’s worth something, (b) I can easily find a buyer, and (c) I don’t have to do anything to keep it alive.