BY MAKOKWA CLARA MUYENDEKWAChief Cooma of the Tonga speaking people in Choma District of Southern Province has expressed anger over increased stock theft cases in his chiefdom.He explained that most stock owners have been continuously complaining of thieves stealing their animals in numbers.“It is sad that people already lost huge numbers of animals during the Foot and Mouth Disease attacks but are again losing more through thefts,” the chief complained.The Chief also observed that there are existing illegal butcheries in his chiefdom which accept stolen animals to be slaughtered.He strongly appealed to authorities to ensure they close all such butcheries in order to make it easy to track down stolen animals.Chief Cooma said authorities must consider deploying police officers in butcheries who will be ensuring all supplied animals are legally owned.He appealed to Police and the local authority to work hard to ensure stock theft cases are reduced stressing that livestock is a factor in […]
Rampant stock theft infuriates chief Cooma
