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The Bayelsa Livestock Management Committee (BSLMC) on Tuesday said it impounded 34 cows in Yenagoa for alleged violation of the State’s anti-open grazing
Bayelsa Govt impounds 34 cows for violating anti-grazing law
The Bayelsa State Government had enacted a law in March prohibiting open grazing of livestock in the state.
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The Bayelsa Livestock Management Committee (BSLMC) on Tuesday said it impounded 34 cows in Yenagoa for an alleged violation of the state’s anti-open grazing law.
The Bayelsa State Government had
enacted a law in March prohibiting open grazing of livestock in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the cows were impounded around the Bayelsa Palm Estate in the state capital.
David Alagoa, chairman of BSLMC, told reporters that the herders allegedly chose a convenient time in the night to graze, saying that some of the cattle were spotted grazing in farmlands.