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New App allows residents to report potholes, stray animals & broken pipes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) has rolled out a new App that allows residents to report minor non-emergency issues such as potholes, stray animals and broken pipes, among others.
New public pound opened to address stray animal woes
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - A new public pound created in response to the roaming livestock issue across the Virgin Islands (VI), has been opened in Paraquita Bay, Tortola.
‘I have seen dogs attack joggers, women & children’- Theodore E. James
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Following on the heels of increasing complaints by residents about dangerous stray dogs across the territory, a task force has been created to address issues related to stray animals.
Cows graze freely @ East End Police Station
EAST END, Tortola, VI - "Irma is no excuse," remarked resident Neil Nicholson when directing a Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) Reporter to a Facebook post where no less than ten cows were photographed recently in and around the compound of the East End Police Station.
Many pets & stray animals perished during hurricanes Irma & Maria
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While many residents are thankful to be alive after Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017 destroyed the Virgin Islands (VI) leaving death, homelessness, looting and desperation in the streets of Tortola and Virgin Gorda for food and gasoline, our animal friends have also suffered.
Cats & chicken poisoned in Baughers Bay; Are children's safety @ risk?
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- The issue of residents poisoning animals, including chickens, cats, dogs and even goats, continue on Tortola, along with reports of this occurring on at least one of the sister islands.
Sharks in; Fowls out? With Feral Animal Control Plan
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Passionate about saving the sharks in the Virgin Islands, Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr The Hon Kedrick D. Pickering (R7) is not taking too kind to the large amount of wild fowls as well as cattle, dogs and cats in the territory, describing it as a “vexing problem facing the territory.”
Stray animals frustrating the daylights out of residents!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – How many of you have left home for work, only to return in the evening to a yard filled with animal droppings? Stray animals have become a thorn in the side of Virgin Islands' residents, and it’s an issue the Agriculture Department has been grappling for years.
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