CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Agriculture will announce collection and shipment dates for livestock farmers and others in the St. Thomas/St. John district, who may require slaughtering. You are required to pay the slaughter bill before shipping animals.
The Department will also be distributing bagged mulch donated by Arthur Joseph of 3G Consulting. There is a four bag per person limit.
The mulch is available in St. Thomas at Estates Dorothea and Bordeaux, and the Addelita Cancryn School. You must be able to load your buckets or trucks.
For further information about killing your animals, please call the St. Thomas office at (340) 774-5182 and ask for Elton George or Manley James. On St. Croix, please call (340) 778-0997.