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GET YOUR OWN GRAZING SITE

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Imagine every herders in the nation been asking for a grazing site, how many hectors of lands needed to accommodate all of the stray live stocks? If grazing sites are provided, will some of the profit shared? Will herders pick all the dunks left on the road? If not, the herders should clean up all the vehicles which accidently run over the pile of dunks. Let's say a ripped fruit dropped on your neighbour’s grass, is the fruit belongs to you? The answer is no. So, if your cattle went over to other people land it should be confiscated. If to be claimed back for the trouble and the plants destroyed, the owner of the cattle should give a decent sum. Why all the trouble? Better get your own grazing site and do not trouble motorist on the road.

Refer to TheStar.com.my

Grazing site for strays needed

WHERE to find a grazing ground for stray livestock comprising over 700 buffaloes, cattle and goats in Taiping?
This is the poser which an elected representative and the Taiping Municipal Council are grappling with in light of the danger posed by such strays especially to innocent motorcyclists and motorists who were known to have been seriously injured after knocking into such strays.
Aulong assemblyman Yew Tian Hoe said he had discussed the matter with council secretary Shahrom Datuk Abd Malek and the council enforcement officers.
“We need a grazing ground for the animals and I will see the district veterinary officer with the hope of locating a suitable site,” said Yew while accompanying Shahrom and council officers on their weekly site inspections around Taiping on Wednesday.
Although the council could round up such strays, it is learnt that it had decided not to go down hard on the owners of such strays.
Recently a group of cow herders in Kamunting lodged a report with the Anti-Corruption Agency alleging that they were fined by staff members from the Kamunting detention centre in return for the release of their animals which strayed into its compound.
The herders’ spokesman Ranjeet Singh said prison warders had no right to fine the herders or confine the animals as the council was the right enforcement authority to reprimand them.