STRAY Catching Units of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) were very active in police A’ ‘B’ and ‘C’ Divisions during the month of April, 2014.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) declared in its monthly report that a total of 315 animals, comprising 22 horses, 119 cows, 96 goats and 78 sheep were impounded during April, 2014.
The Demerara Unit, comprising police Divisions ‘A’ and ‘C’’ impounded 65 cows, 74 goats and 45 sheep; while the Berbice Unit – the ‘B’ Division, impounded 22 horses, 54 cows, 22 goats and 33 sheep.
The MoHA wishes to advise the general public to observe Section 8 of the Pounds Act, Chapter 71:04 which states: Everyone who (a) releases or attempts to release any stray taken for the purpose of being impounded under the authority of this Act on the way to the pound;
(b) damages or destroys a pound, or any lock or bolt belonging to it, or with which it is fastened; or
(c) rescues or releases, or attempts to rescue or release, any stray impounded under the authority of this Act, until or before the stray is discharged by due course of law,
is liable to a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars, nor more than twenty thousand dollars.
