Residents of Port Kaituma in the North West District are frustrated over the damage to their crops wreaked by cows that are allowed to stray all over the community and graze at will.
The residents told Stabroek News that there were an estimated 200 cows, some 90% of which are unbranded, that have caused and continue to cause damage to private property.
Chrisna David is one such frustrated resident. He said he recently suffered in excess of $500,000 worth of damage to sections of his farm where he plants cash crops.
“No farming can be done here with these animals out here like this. My yard is well fenced but yet still they burst through it and attack my plants,” he related.