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Sunday, December 8, 2024
Temperature: 83
Humidity: 62%
Precipitation: Incoming
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Blacktip Island Humane Society Urges Adoption For Both Its Animals
Club Scuba Doo owner Herring Frye visited Blacktip Island’s animal shelter Thursday to meet the dog and cat available for adoption there. (photo courtesy of Corporate Video Australia).
Blacktip Island’s animal shelter Thursday announced its holiday goal of getting both of its animals adopted in order to empty the shelter by Christmas.
“We’ve got the dog and the cat, and we’d love to place them in adoptive homes for the holidays,” Blacktip Island Humane Society president Coryl Bleeching said. “This time of year is all about families, and these two critters will make any family smile. And if they both get adopted before the 25th, we can give the kennel caretaker the day off and save on that holiday pay.
“We have two iguanas as well, but they’re pretty self-sufficient,” Bleeching said. “Ideally, we’d like to interview potential foster families to make sure it’s a good fit and to check for sobriety. And to make things easier, we haven’t named either of the animals. Except the iguanas. They’re Burt and Ernie.”
Some on the small Caribbean island questioned the adoption process.
“That dog’s been hanging out behind Peachy Bottoms’ store for months,” Herring Frye said. “And Coryl caught the cat at the dump. She’s just out to pocket the adoption fees. I guarantee as soon as somebody adopts that cat, she’ll go out and catch another one to adopt out.
“What’s next, adopting birds on power lines?” Frye said. “Coryl needs to just leave the animals alone. Give ‘em free run of the island. This’s just her way of scamming money for nothing, at the poor animals’ expense.”
Island officials sounded the alarm on the process’ optics.
“I appreciate what Coryl’s doing, but this thing’s giving Blacktip a black eye,” de facto mayor Jack Cobia said. “News stories break about Blacktippers refusing to adopt dogs and cats, that’ll make us look heartless. Especially at Christmas time. Our tourism product can’t take that kind of hit. I’ve got a proposal in the works for the government to adopt ‘em both, give ‘em to kids on Christmas and put an end to this debacle.”
Residents bristled at that suggestion
“Not gonna have my taxes go up just so Blacktip’ll look good,” Dermott Bottoms said. “Jack wants to adopt animals, he can do that on his own dime. Or take up a collection. Me, I’d just turn both animals loose and see where they wind up. Problem solved, and nobody’d be out any money.”
Cobia said the motion to take the adoption fees from the Department of Tourism’s budget will be presented to the island Council next week. Bottoms and others opposed to the action will protest outside the Last Ballyhoo bar.
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Blacktip Island Weather
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Sunday, December 1, 2024
Temperature: 87
Humidity: 61%
Precipitation: Noooope
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Blacktip Island Weather
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Sunday, November 24, 2024
Temperature: 88
Humidity: 64%
Precipitation: Not today
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Road-Striping Plans Draw Blacktip Islanders’ Ire
Blacktip Island residents are protesting the government’s plan to paint lane lines on the island’s roads, including the one leading to the Caribbean island’s northern lighthouse. (photo courtesy of nas at wts wikivoyage)
A plan to paint stripes down Blacktip Island’s two roads, announced Wednesday afternoon, resulted in an impromptu protest at the small Caribbean island’s Public Works building, with local residents voicing their opposition to the project.
“Road stripes are the last thing we need,” Christina Mojarra said. “Blacktip’s not that kind of island. Folks come here, and stay here, because we don’t complicate life with things like lane lines. The roads are fine just like they are.
“You stripe the roads, it’s just a slippery slope toward becoming a big city,” Mojarra said. “Next thing you know, more folks’ll start moving here. Wanting traffic lights. There’s already too many people on the island, and out-of-the-blue road stripes’ll just confuse everybody.”
Many residents were more cynical.
“Striping the roads is just a scam to get government funds,” government watchdog Wade Soote said. “Stoney MacAdam at Public Works, his cousin’s in the legislature. Stoney just pulled strings to boost his budget. And, big picture, both Blacktip’s roads are dirt. Any stripes they paint’ll come off in a good rain. Or a bit of wind. It’ll be a never-ending road project money pit.”
MacAdam emphasized the need for the stripes.
“Visitors here laugh at us for being a backwater,” he said. “If Blacktip wants to be seen as part of the First World, it has to look like it. Change is coming, whether people like it or not. We’re just getting out ahead of that with this striping project.”
Some residents praised the stripes.
“They’ll improve road safety and provide jobs,” Chrissy Graysby said. “Plus, the kiddos love the fresh paint smell. When the paint-striping truck goes down the road, they love to run behind it and sniff the fumes. We’re stockpiling cans of spray paint in case Public Works runs out.”
Others vowed to fight the striping.
“Soon as they spray them lines, I’m gonna drive down the middle of the road dragging a mangrove branch,” Dermott Bottoms said. “Erase them lines as fast as Stoney and them can put ‘em down. Not gonna stand for that kind of thing on Blacktip.”
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Blacktip Island Weather
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Sunday, November 17, 2024
Temperature: 87
Humidity: 66%
Precipitation: Nothin’ doin’
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