![]() He has had the foresight to initiate research and collaboration with several local wildlife farmers and neo-tropical countries in Latin America to share and discuss information on some of the animal species indigenous to this region. Professor Gary Garcia, a Livestock Production Specialist in the Department of Food Production at UWI’s Faculty of Food and Agriculture, has been rearing and encouraging the rearing of wildlife since 1994. The Minister noted that these were unacceptably high figures that threatened the ecological balance of the islands and recommended that we look towards neighbours like Guyana as possible sources for importing the popular meat. On September 8, Minister of Environment and Water Resources, Ganga Singh, revealed that the reported overall figure for the past year was 20,000, but said this was more realistically around 50,000. ![]() Even the hunters complain that it takes longer to catch an animal and they have to go further into the forests to do so. Hunter return cards for 2010 to 2011 at the Forestry Division indicate that over 7,167 agouti, 2,797 lappe, 1,193 wild hogs and 3,081 deer were harvested from our forests. Trinidad and Tobago’s population looks forward to the hunting season (October to February) every year to acquire their portion of wild meat. ![]() It matters not the price which ranges from $40 per pound for agouti to up to $150 per pound for wild hog. Trinbagonians are connoisseurs of wild meat: agouti, lappe, wild hog, deer, manicou.
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