The Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission (GWCMC) recently posted online the closed seasons for wildlife in Guyana.
On April 9th, 2020 (8 days into the closed season) at the Transport & Harbours Stelling, Water St., Georgetown, approximately 12 sloths and other wildlife were seen arriving on the boat from Mabaruma.
On the morning of Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 (42 days into the closed season for sloths) I received a distressing call from an animal lover, Andrew Campbell, informing me that he was at Transport & Harbours Stelling and had just witnessed sloths and other wildlife being offloaded from a boat that just arrived from Mabaruma.
With the season for capturing and sale of wildlife closed for many species, how is it that multiple boxes and cages of wildlife can be openly stacked at the Kumaka Wharf, loaded and transported on Government Boats, and off-loaded onto a public wharf in Georgetown, without being detected by authorities?
Why did the boat Captain not alert management authorities of Transport and Harbours in Georgetown since T&H are required to notify the Wildlife Commission (GWCMC)?
