{"id":146939,"date":"2023-03-30T12:09:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T16:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=146939"},"modified":"2023-03-30T12:09:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T16:09:26","slug":"cattle-still-at-large-council-approves-of-pound-keeper-to-help-with-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/cattle-still-at-large-council-approves-of-pound-keeper-to-help-with-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Cattle still at large, council approves of pound keeper to help with problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At-large-cattle in the county was a surprise addition to Prince Edward County council\u2019s agenda on Tuesday, as a large gathering of farmers and residents turned up to air concerns, frustrations, and possible solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Lynn Leavitt, chair of the Prince Edward Cattlemen\u2019s Association, summed up the situation in the following way:<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-146939-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Leavitt-Voicer.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Leavitt-Voicer.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Leavitt-Voicer.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>After further query, council learned that the 14-member herd of skittish and flighty black rodeo cows \u2014 that originate from a local farm and have been sighted in the vicinity of County Road 49, including on Fish Lake, Bethesda, and Machill roads \u2014 could potentially grow due to the presence of fertile heifers among its number.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the damage caused by the marauding herd to local properties, the risk to road traffic, especially at night, was discussed, because of their poor light reflection.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, council unanimously passed a motion calling for staff to research and provide recommendations for a draft by-law to allow for the retention of a local pound keeper in these sorts of exceptional circumstances by the April 11 Council meetingc<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the full story below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At-large-cattle in the county was a surprise addition to Prince Edward County council\u2019s agenda on Tuesday, as a large gathering of farmers and residents turned up to air concerns, frustrations, and possible solutions. Lynn Leavitt, chair of the Prince Edward Cattlemen\u2019s Association, summed up the situation in the following way: After further query, council learned&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":146953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,225],"tags":[14496,14495,11441,24785,14241,16733,6108],"radio":[13055],"origine":[267,269,13050],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146939"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147017,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146939\/revisions\/147017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146939"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=146939"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=146939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}