The Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Forestry informs the public of the closure of the Hunting Season effective 31 December 2020.
The season will remain CLOSED from 1 January 2021 to 30 September 2021.
Animals that should not be hunted during the closed period are as follows:
- MANICOU (Murine Opossum)
- TATOU (Nine banded Armadillo)
- MONKEY (Cercopithecus mona)
- IGUANA (Iguana iguana)
- RAMIER (Scaly-naped Pigeon)
The Ministry cautions that hunting during the CLOSED season carries a penalty of $1,000 or a term of 6 months imprisonment.
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Now looking at the list of animals that are not affected it leaves a lot to the imagination as to what is protected.
How many of us will hunt things like turtles in these days as curfew is in place so you can’t.