FREEPORT \u2013 The Humane Society of Grand Bahama is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the killing of several farm animals at the St George’s High School.<\/p>\n
According to police reports, seven goats and 12 chickens were slaughtered between May 28 and June 1 at the rear of the school compound on Sunset Highway.<\/p>\n
The animals were a part of the school\u2019s agricultural programme. The estimated cost to replace the livestock is $930.<\/p>\n
School principal Keith Barr said they initially discovered three goats and 12 chickens dead on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Another four goats, including the big ram, were discovered on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Mr Barr is appealing to anyone with relevant information to contact the authorities.<\/p>\n
Asst Commissioner of Police Emrick Seymour said the police also take animal cruelty cases very seriously.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have recently gotten some concerns about that and we tell our officers that animal cases are just as serious as other crimes that are being committed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The principal Mr Barr described the incident as cruel and senseless.<\/p>\n
A poster offering the reward is being circulated online. Anyone with information is ask to contact the HSGB on 352-2477, 727-2477 or 727-0212.<\/p>\n
Denise Maycock<\/em><\/span> The Humane Society of Grand Bahama is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderers responsible for killing several farm animals at the St George’s High School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[63,311,163],"class_list":["post-36575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-animals","tag-family","tag-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Tribune<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"