Tag: animal cruelty
Active patrols round up overstayers and criminals
(CNS): The police partnered with various other agencies earlier this month to round up criminals and overstayers in areas of George Town known for criminality. In an RCIPS ‘Week of Action’, the police arrested nine people and Customs and Border Control arrested twelve, including one person who had overstayed here illegally since 2020. The proactive […]
RCIPS, DoA seize 40 birds used for cock fighting
(CNS): The RCIPS officers and Department of Agriculture staff raided an address on Fig Tree Drive in Bodden Town on Friday, 31 January, and seized more than 40 birds, some of which had been used for cock fighting, police said. Officers also seized cock fighting paraphernalia, and one man was warned for intended prosecution for […]
DoA track down owners of badly neglected dogs
(CNS): With help from the public following an appeal, the Department of Agriculture’s Animal Welfare & Control Unit has identified the owner of the two abandoned and neglected dogs found recently off Mercury Close in West Bay. “The investigations are ongoing as we continue to seek justice for our voiceless friends,” DoA officials said. Offering […]
Animal abuse exists across the Caribbean
Annan Boodram writes: A few Barbadian animal welfare organisations recently renewed their call for the government to enforce animal abuse legislation. And asserting that they are not satisfied that animal abuse is being taken as a serious crime in Barbados, one of the group is seeking judicial review of a case in which a 28-year-old […]
Officer cleared over death of K9 at GT Police Station
(CNS): A police constable charged with animal cruelty following the death in 2022 of Baron, a police dog in the RCIPS K-9 Unit, has been acquitted after a magistrate found he was not to blame. The dog died of heat stroke after he was left outside the George Town Police Station in the sun without […]
Animal welfare officers threatened with violence
(CNS): The Department of Agriculture (DoA) has said that officers from its Animal Welfare and Control Unit and other public servants have recently received numerous threats of violence during the course of their work. CNS has asked the DoA for details of these unspecified allegations but we have not received any response. In a press […]
Ag dept calls on public to report animal cruelty
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Department of Agriculture is urging the public to report their concerns about animal cruelty to help its animal welfare and control officers track down perpetrators. According to a DoA press release, these officers “have a wide range of powers under the Animals Law” to enforce animal welfare and to investigate and […]
Cop still on the job despite animal cruelty charges
(CNS): PC Timothy Alexandre Munroe remains on active duty within the uniform services of the RCIPS, a police spokesperson has confirmed. Responding to CNS inquiries, the police did not say why Munroe has not been suspended even though he is currently facing criminal charges. Munroe appeared in court Tuesday and denied the allegations in relation […]
Cop denies cruelty charge over death of K9 Baron
(CNS): Police Officer Timothy Alexander Munroe appeared in Summary Court on Tuesday, facing a single charge of cruelty to an animal in relation to the death of the police dog, Baron, last year. Munroe, who pleaded not guilty, graduated from police training in March 2022, one of two recruits to be awarded ‘Most Outstanding Student’. […]
Community service for animal cruelty conviction
(CNS): Rohan Omar Webster was ordered to undertake 80 hours of community service during the next twelve months when he appeared in Summary Court on Monday for sentencing following a conviction in December for animal cruelty. Webster was in possession of 15 roosters whose wattles and combs had been removed and their spurs filed.
K9 Baron’s death could lead to criminal charges
(CNS): The findings of an investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) and the Department of Agriculture into the death of RCIPS canine Baron last year were handed to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions four months ago, the OMB has revealed. While there were unofficial reports at the time that the […]
