LUCEA, Hanover -The Hanover Parish Council is sticking to its plan to rid the parish, streets of stray animals, with 21 already impounded and auctioned since February 3.

Secretary/manager of the council, Alfred Graham, told JIS News that most of the captured animals have been sold by public auction, “because in most cases the owners have not gone to the pound to reclaim those animals”.

With stray animals causing several road accidents in Hanover last year and no functional animal pound, the parish council recently entered into an arrangement with the St James Parish Council for the capture of the animals which are then stored at the Montpellier pound.

Graham said the arrangement has been working well, as there had been a vast reduction in the number of animals roaming the streets of Hanover. In addition, he said that the effort was having the desired effect on animal owners who were making an effort to secure their animals.

He added that the capture and impounding of stray animals, particularly along the North Coast Highway that runs between Great River and Lucea, would be ongoing in order to help preserve life and property in the parish.