Commanding Officer of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Agricultural Protection Branch, APB, Senior Superintendent Oral Pascoe, is raising concern about landless farming across the country.
Landless cattle rearing is a longstanding practice in Jamaica. It manifests when farmers maintain livestock without having physical land allocated for their maintenance.
Landless farmers often graze their animals on roadside verges, common lands, or former sugar and bauxite lands.
SSP Pascoe says so far this year, the APB has assisted with impounding 300 animals.
Meanwhile, SSP Pascoe says the APB has seen a significant drop in the number of praedial larceny reports.
SSP Pascoe says the APB will be ramping up efforts to apprehend livestock thieves as the festive season approaches.
He says vehicle check points and inspections of butcher shops are among the measures that will be implemented.
SSP Pascoe says the APB has uncovered several animal stealing syndicates across the Area Three police division.
SSP Oral Pascoe, Commanding Officer of the APB, speaking on Nationwide This Morning on Monday.
