Animal pounds will be built in the North, West and Central divisions to deal with the issue of stray animals around the country.
Assistant Minister for Agriculture Viam Pillay says there is an increasing number of stray animals cases reported to the Ministry on a daily basis.
This has prompted the Ministry to take necessary action in order to overcome this growing problem which is a concern to many farmers around the country.
In this new financial year, the Ministry of Agriculture has allocated a total of $1.3 million for the Stray Animal Control Campaign.
He said the Ministry will also be recruiting 15 new project staff and purchase new vehicles which will allow them to fully concentrate on the Stray Animal Campaign.
Pillay said it is also a challenging exercise as some animals are too wild and dangerous to capture.
Currently, stray animals are taken to the nearest pounds.
Owners who go to the pound to claim their animals have to pay certain charges namely pound fee, notice fee, feeding fee and distance fee.
However, animals not claimed with consecutive 10 days of pounding are auctioned by the Ministry.
