Lagos Govt. to Prosecute Owners of Stray Animals

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The Lagos State Government has cautioned that it would indict proprietors of local creatures and pets that strayed inside of the Lagos city.

The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Toyin Suarau, gave the notice in an announcement made accessible to newsmen yesterday in Lagos.

As indicated by the announcement issued by the Assistant Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Agriculture, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, the official has met with proprietors of creatures at Oko-Oba, Agege, to look for their participation.

The announcement cited the official as saying that "proprietors of straying creatures ought to keep them as opposed to losing them to bring about mischances on the streets. Aside from bringing on mishaps on our streets, these straying creatures could likewise spread infectious illnesses, for example, Bacillus anthracis, rabies, tuberculosis and different sicknesses that could prompt demise," it said.

The announcement said the administration would send "Agric-Marshals" to all chamber territories of the state to actualize its stray creature control arrangement.

"The administration is concerned and would no more endure the propensity for discharging groups of steers around evening time along real streets and thruways in the city," the announcement cautioned.

It asked inhabitants to participate with the powers to free the condition of stray creatures, while proprietors of such creatures ought to take sufficient consideration of them to keep away from appropriation.

The announcement educated occupants to call any concerning the accompanying devoted lines for prompt reaction for stray creatures – 08077775657, 08057761762, 07033348402 and 08023934920.

"Together we can make Lagos a protected spot in the event that we all say no to stray creatures on our streets,"