MAHONING COUNTY, Ohio - Livestock continues to be let loose in Mahoning County and the Farm Bureau said it doesn't look like a coincidence.

There's now a $5,000 dollar reward for any Farm Bureau member who can provide information that leads to an arrest regarding recent incidents. 

If you have information and are not a member, you could get $1,000 dollars.

"This needs to stop," Mahoning County Farmers Bureau President Jenifer Pemberton said, "It's really an unsafe situation, not only for the people's property that they're trespassing on, as well as you're just letting animals out, but it's a safety situation."

Bodycam footage from a Mahoning County Sheriff's deputy shows just how dangerous it can end with 12 horses on the loose. This happened off Mahoning Avenue and Bailey Road days after Thanksgiving resulting in a multi-car crash hurting two juveniles and causing the death of three horses.

That is one of at least four similar incidents in Western Mahoning County. 

"Animals get out once in a while, but when you start to hear there was another incident, and then another incident with horses, and then we heard there was an incident with some dairy cow, it just got to be way too coincidental," Pemberton said. 

One of the most recent was a woman near Salem who said her five alpacas, which are safe now, were let loose Monday.

While law enforcement is still investigating who is accountable and how this is happening, livestock owners report their gates were broken open for the animals to escape.

"When you have an electrified fence that was cut, that's pretty blatant at that point," Mahoning County Farm Bureau Organization Director Nick Kennedy said. 

As far as the horses, the Farm Bureau said not only do they cost thousands of dollars but can deeply affect owners and their families in the community. 

"Our ultimate goal is to get them to stop whatever is going on and hold those accountable," Pemberton said. 

Farmers are warned to keep gates and barns locked, and put up cameras if possible.