| The Ministry of Home Affairs’ stray catching campaign has hit another snag following the avoidable death of another animal in a pound on the West Coast of Demerara, thanks to poor record keeping and some inconsiderate action by the police.The incident also led to the detention of the animal owner Sheikh Mustapha at the Den Amstel Police Station and the attempted arrest of a Kaieteur News Reporter who went there to cover the story.The pound located within the Den Amstel Police Station compound.The animal in question is a goat which had been picked up by stray catchers last week and impounded at the police pound in the district.From all indications the animal died from improper care even though the owner had made moves to pay the pound fee for it to be released.Mustapha,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, a livestock farmer from Anna Catherina,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, West Coast Demerara for the past 15 years was given the royal runaround while trying to straighten out the matter long before the animal succumbed on Friday last.“They released me after writing down something in a book, and now all my goats will die in the pound because the police want to spite me,Wholesale NFL Jerseys,” Mustapha lamented.He explained that Wednesday last, the Ministry of Home Affairs stray catching unit impounded a goat with two kids while they were in front of his business premises in Anna Catherina.“Recently I had to sell out all my goats because of the same problem, because if it’s not the stay catchers, the junkies kidnap them. Is over 40 goats I had, and I sell out most of them,” the livestock farmer stated.Mustapha told this newspaper that the record keeping by the police leaves much to be desired.He said that he had contacted the Den Amstel Police Station several times whenever his goats were missing to inquire if any were impounded, however, on all occasions it was confirmed by police that none was impounded.“But this time I see them (stay catching unit) catching my goats at 4:30 the Wednesday afternoon. Then Thursday at midday, I went to the station to collect my goats. They ask me where the goats get catch from and I said Anna Catherina. They (police) check the record and they said no goats were caught from there. I told them that’s impossible because I see them (stray catchers) taking them.”Mustapha then checked the pound himself and discovered that his goat and her two kids were indeed there. He was willing to pay the pound fee to get them released.“I see my goat and two kids in the pound, and they are still telling me the station record show that no goat came from there and they can’t give me no goat. When I get onto the man (Coordinator of the Stray Catcher Programme,Cheap Jerseys From China Online, Ovid Glasgow) in charge of the stray catching business, he said the catchers tell he is only up to Leonora and that was it. The matter finish.”But Mustapha persisted and eventually the police were instructed to release the animals,NFL Jerseys Supply, however, this instruction was not adhered to.“Now I got to pay $21,000 for three goats, but then I asked where and under what the money would be recorded if I pay it over, since they don’t have any records of the goats in their book. The police get vex with me and started treating me like if I was their enemy and I had to leave the station.”That was on Friday.When Mustapha returned to the station yesterday,Jerseys Wholesale, he was greeted with the sight of one of his animals lying dead in the pound.“Plenty animal inside the pound and one bundle grass they give all the animals, and people have to pay $200 for each animal every day that they stay in the pound plus when you are taking them out is over $5,000 have to be paid on each animal, so where are these moneys being record and who is taking care of these animals? This is cruelty,” he said.Since the commencement of the stray catching programme, a number of animals have been left to die in police pounds throughout the country. Owners claimed that while they have been insisting that they be allowed to take care of their animals even while they are in the pounds, the police are denying them that opportunity, resulting in several of the animals starving to death. |
