Dear Editor,
The Cullen Bess-Nelson photo on the front page of a recent Guyana Chronicle depicted extreme cruelty, and the caption went even further noting that “dray operators abuse their animals by having them haul much more weight than they should”
The Chronicle says the picture of a lone horse struggling to pull a cart overladen with sacks of cement is “not an unusual sight in Georgetown.” Apparently, severe abuse of animals is the norm on the streets of Georgetown. What a people we Guyanese are!
What surprises me though is the newspaper’s recommendation that the association responsible for looking into incidents of cruelty to animals should take note. The association? Why not the police? Aren’t operators who abuse their horses and donkeys breaking the law? Shouldn’t they be arrested?
Yours faithfully,
Justin de Freitas
