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RSS FeedsBrand livestock to curb theft, KZN officials tell small-scale farmers
(World News South Africa)

 
 

19 january 2020 16:48:33

 
Brand livestock to curb theft, KZN officials tell small-scale farmers
(World News South Africa)
 


KwaZulu-Natal officials say they will soon enforce legislation that requires livestock farmers brand their animals to curb rising stock theft. Small-scale farmers, who are angered by the surge in theft and bear the brunt financially, have threatened to take the law into their own hands. It is estimated that stock theft resulted in SA commercial and emerging farmers losing about R1.3bn in the 2018/2019 financial year. As a result, the KwaZulu-Natal government is enforcing the Animal Identification Act of 2002, which makes it compulsory to brand livestock. The latest crime statistics released in September 2019 show a 6.5% increase in stock theft around the country with 29,672 animals stolen...


 
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