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Die beeste is gereeld hier en is selfs &#8216;n probleem vir gaste. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Die vee loop tussen voertuie rond en kan dit maklik beskadig. Beesmis wat oral rondl\u00ea, is ook &#8216;n las vir my.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Dijk s\u00ea hy kla al geruime tyd by die SBM se wetstoepassers. &#8220;Daar kom egter nie &#8216;n permanente oplossing nie. Beeste word eenvoudig nie geskut nie. Eienaars word nie beboet nie. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;En nou is die gevreesde en hoogs aansteeklike bek-en-klouseer-virus ook nog &#8216;n probleem. Hier is baie bokkies wat rondloop en die beesmis wat rondl\u00ea skep beslis risiko&#8217;s vir omliggende plase waar eienaars met vee boer.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Van Dijk het hy selfs in Januarie 2020 &#8216;n saak by die polisie in Saldanha gaan open weens skade aan sy eiendom. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Die polisie het egter bloot\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>skouers opgetrek en my ingelig dat hulle niks aan die saak kan doen nie, aangesien hulle nie weet aan wie die beeste behoort nie.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SBM dra kennis\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacobsbaai se voortslepende veeprobleem is selfs in 2021 al deur die voormalige burgemeester, Andr\u00e9 Truter, geopper in &#8216;n skrywe aan Heinrich Mettler, die munisipale bestuurder.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Truter was toe die raadslid vir Wyk 5. 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