Roaming Animals in Statia - Ishmael Berkel's Story.

“I really don’t agree with the shooting of the animals, but if the owners won’t take care of their animals, shoot them,” argues Ishmael Berkel, a victim of the long-running roaming animals problem in Statia.

The government of St. Eustatius is currently undertaking a roaming animals removal programme as part of an overall nature & environment policy programme and enforcement of the local ordinance known as the APV.
Article 3.3.3 of the ordinance, which deals with livestock running loose, states, it is forbidden:
a) To let livestock run loose unattended on or along public roads
b) To let livestock run free on the premises of another without his permission
c) To let livestock run free on domain land, and more generally
d) To allow livestock to run free on a site that is not provided with proper livestock insurance, or to give permission to someone else to allow livestock to run free on it
Article 3.4.1 which deals with keeping or feeding of annoying or harmful animals, states:
It is prohibited in places designated by the Executive Council to prevent or eliminate nuisance or damage to public health, to have animals designated in that designation decision present to be present other than with due observance of the rules set by the Council;
To have present in greater numbers than is indicated in that indication, or to carry it;
The Council can grant the person entitled to an immovable property situated within a place which has been indicated in accordance with the first paragraph, exemption of one or more prohibitions referred to in the first paragraph.
The full ordinance can be found at https://bit.ly/3SaCZcv.

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