Sheep drop dead on Joe’s Hill, poisoning suspected
When Virgin Islands News Online visited the area, the reporter saw a blue-green substance oozing from the sheep's mouths and they were lying short distances from each other. Others from their flock were still close by grazing.
This news site contacted Veterinary Assistant with the Agriculture Department Philip Deveaux, who said he was at the scene earlier and from observation, it seemed as though the animals were poisoned presumably from eating something poisonous.
Asked as to whether it is something that the public should be concerned about and the validity of the assumption of poisoning, the veterinary assistant explained that if it was a disease, the process would have taken a few days and farmers would have contacted the Department of any signs of illness among the animals. He said for something to take the animals “just like that” it either has to be gun shots or poison.
He revealed that the Police were also informed and up to yesterday evening they were trying to contact Solid Waste Department to remove the dead animals from the road.
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