On October 16 and 17, the Forestry Commission stationed at the Achimota Police sold seized bush meat from chop house owners and traders.
The choice to auction the confiscated meat was motivated by the belief, as reportedly stated by PRO Ernestina Adumia Anning in a UTV report, that returning it to the traders would negate the initial enforcement action.
She claimed that the government would receive the earnings as a warning and deterrence to the vendors.
The PRO went on to say that it was inaccurate what was initially reported about the team seizing meat that was on fire, in customers’ food, and bush meat that was kept in the refrigerator.
Ernestina Adumia Anning observed that only meat that was not being used was taken.
Chop bar owners in Awutu Senya were left in a state of annoyance after wildlife officers in some areas of the Central Region seized their assortment of bush meat.
According to a post on myjoyonline.com, the officers on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, seized bush meat that was being kept in the refrigerator, as well as meat that was on fire and hiding in customers’ food.
Chop bar operators from the Central Region’s Awutu Senya West District, Gomoa East and West District, and Effutu Municipality were impacted by this operation by the wildlife officials.
Chop bar owners who talked to Adom News also revealed that the officers from the Forestry Commission’s Wildlife Division barged into their establishments armed with firearms and other deadly weapons.
The Wildlife Division’s Public Relations Officer, indicated that the officers’ action was intended to ensure that the rules governing the prohibition on hunting in the bush were followed.