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04:27Welcome to Beyond the Tape.
04:43I'm your host, Mark Besson.
04:45Welcome to our viewers across Trinidad and Tobago.
04:48And of course, across the globe.
04:49It's official as of midnight last night.
04:53The stage of emergency after 105 days ended.
04:58And we're certainly going to be taking a look at those figures a little later.
05:01But of course, today's Monday.
05:03And with us on this short work week is Captain Valence Rambrac from the Hunter Search and Rescue Team.
05:10How are you, sir?
05:11I'm fine, thank you, Mark.
05:13And a pleasant good evening to our viewers on TV6 and Beyond the Tape.
05:17It's a pleasure to be here again.
05:20And I know, Mark, as the SOE comes to an end,
05:25I hope that journalists and other commentators would look at it and critique it and do an analysis,
05:35not only of the statistics, but whether, you know, it had an impact on the criminal element
05:42and whether, in fact, this sets the stage for further inclusion into the criminal enterprise
05:51that fuels the murders and robberies and other sorts of things which are affecting the population of Trinidad and Tobago.
06:01It's interesting that you raised that because I know that, you know,
06:04they spoke about a 30% reduction in violent crime
06:09as well as a reduction in the murders from 157 around this time last year to like 130.
06:17However, I think the commissioner and other stakeholders have also seen that the gang warfare
06:25and that has contributed significantly to the high homicide rate.
06:31They're going to be continuing to monitor that
06:33and obviously hopeful that they get a handle on those perpetrators
06:38and some of the activities that they're planning or intend to carry out.
06:43Right, and so that's good that they're looking at the statistics,
06:48so if it shows I want to drop in murders and I want to drop in the violent crimes,
06:57that is what we need, some accurate assessment of the impact of the SOE.
07:03The other issue really is what you just spoke about,
07:06is how are they going to deal with the gangs?
07:10Yes, yes.
07:11And if it is, and correct me if I'm wrong,
07:14I read that there were 50 persons detained under the SOE,
07:21under the detention orders,
07:23and that 14 are likely to be charged soon.
07:26To be charged, yes.
07:27So it means that some of these persons detained would be out there,
07:33or they are out there already because the SOE ended.
07:35Yes.
07:36And how are they going to, you know, continue to monitor these persons
07:41and their involvement in criminal activities going forward?
07:45I think that that's going to be a challenge.
07:48Well, the police, to be fair, have already said that although there are other persons
07:52that were released, they're really spending further investigations,
07:56and there is a likelihood later on if enough evidence comes to hand
08:01that those particular person or persons can be brought back into custody and charged.
08:06Right.
08:06So it would be interesting to see how that unfolds.
08:08That takes us to two other elements that we have to look at.
08:12One is the anti-gang legislation,
08:15and the second one would be how warrants are obtained,
08:20how quickly they are obtained,
08:21and what are the solutions to these two other issues
08:26or elements in the crime-fighting.
08:29Yes, certainly.
08:30You know, with the advent of a jupa and so on,
08:33it's a process now to get a warrant.
08:36But I think overall I would assess it
08:38and say that there was an improvement I'm seeing.
08:41So I saw some high-powered AR-15s being recovered.
08:46I also saw where a 14-year-old boy was found with a pistol
08:51and a hammock down in the Penal District.
08:54And it tells you that, you know, we have the younger ones involved,
09:00and those are the ones we have to target the youth who is at risk.
09:04And so it's a whole set of work has to go into really fixing crime
09:09in Trinidad and Tobago.
09:11Most definitely.
09:12And I know you were pretty busy on the weekend.
09:15Yeah, last Thursday we had a situation where,
09:19and it was caused for alarm.
09:21And 13-year-old Rhianne Sokbir, she would have gone to write the SEA exam,
09:27and she did not return home.
09:29Wow.
09:30And it took us a couple days of investigation.
09:34But what raised the alarm is that you would have gone to write an examination
09:37and you were expected home.
09:39And we're looking at the age, age 13.
09:42And after some tracking and information from the public,
09:50we were able to get someone to tell us that she was spotted in St. Joseph District.
09:56Wow.
09:57And that took us there, and she was found and reunited with her family.
10:03But I decided to highlight this one
10:06because we don't like to spread children all about the place, right?
10:10These are still children.
10:11But, Mark, the age group for these teenage runaways
10:16are going lower and lower.
10:18It used to be 16, 17.
10:21Now we're seeing it going as low as 11, 12, and 13.
10:25And this is a case of you have a national exam.
10:29Everybody has parents.
10:30We're taking them to these establishments
10:35that had nice things on offer
10:37and you choose to run away at that time.
10:40And so it was really start.
10:42But it did raise that cause, that alarm for us
10:45because those are the things we look for.
10:47Right.
10:48There was also some remains found in this family district as well.
10:52This one, Joanne Estick, you remember,
10:54we went, we searched for her remains.
10:58Her decapitated head was found in Akula.
11:02And we were searching for the rest of her remains.
11:06And those were found in, well, hopefully we believe
11:10those were found in the Queen Ham district
11:12on the weekend as well.
11:15And that brings closure to that family.
11:18And it's interesting that the gentleman who found the remains
11:23actually saw a dog gnawing on her bone.
11:26He stopped, he looked around, and five feet inside the bushes,
11:31he was able to spot the skeletal remains,
11:34minus, of course, the skull.
11:37So it's interesting.
11:39It speaks to the person's vigilance.
11:41I mean, I myself might ignore a dog gnawing on her bone
11:45on the side of the road.
11:46But thanks to him, I think this family would eventually get closure
11:51on her full body.
11:53Yes.
11:54At the end of the day.
11:55We know two persons are now before the court for that homicide as well.
11:59All right.
12:00We just want to take a final look at our figures
12:02after day 105 of the state of emergency,
12:06number of operations conducted in its entirety, 5,192.
12:11Prior to offenders targeted, 3,561.
12:15Searches conducted, 36,368.
12:19Traffic operations, 4,687.
12:23Total persons arrested, 4,038.
12:28Traffic offenses detected, 17,635.
12:33Firearms recovered, 205.
12:35Ammunition recovered, 4,364.
12:39Dangerous drug seized, 1,757,879 grams of cannabis or marijuana,
12:473,759 grams of cocaine, 89 grams of ester-seed,
12:518 grams of xanox, 53.59 grams of molly,
12:55and 5 grams of crystal meth.
12:57So, again, the impact of the SOE, right?
13:02So, you're seeing 1.7 million grams of cannabis,
13:05and you know that operation that was conducted in the Maracas area.
13:11So, they did make some headway into the actual transnational,
13:20transshipment of drugs into Trinidad and Tobago.
13:23So, hopefully, I wish the TTPS would continue
13:27and continue to make large inroads
13:30so that, you know, an effective dent could be made
13:33into the criminals and the criminals' empire.
13:36Definitely.
13:37All right, let's take a quick look now at our headlines.
13:39Let's take a quick look now at our headlines.
14:09All right, those were the headlines over the last 24 hours,
14:27and we saw a story there about a lady passing in Tobago after consuming Marengo.
14:35So, of course, there are two versions to the story
14:37because I think another lady, the gentleman told one version,
14:42and then another lady said that apparently she was in some heat or something,
14:48and she did not cool out.
14:49Yeah, yeah, and she didn't cool out properly.
14:50And she went to the shower, and then, obviously, after that,
14:53well, she complained of having stomach pains, and she passed.
14:57Yeah, but it does bring into question the issue of herbal medicine.
15:02But I think it could be that most likely I think it would not have been a herbal tea.
15:11You saw, I don't know if we have it on the program,
15:14but the gentleman who was in the bar,
15:16and he was just maybe consuming something and old talking,
15:20and he just collapsed.
15:23So it could be that illnesses could strike you
15:26and cause a fatality at any point in time.
15:29And, you know, the biggest culprit is really heart attacks.
15:33Yes, certainly.
15:34All right, we're going to take a short break,
15:36and we'll be back.
15:37Stay with us.
16:06All right, welcome back to Beyond the Tape.
16:23I'm your host, Mark Besson,
16:24joined today by Captain Valence Rambert of the Hunters Search and Rescue Team.
16:28And I know around this time,
16:32we have those updates and those missing persons
16:36for the month of, I believe, March or April rather.
16:39April, right.
16:40So the month thus far,
16:42we've had 22 reports of missing persons.
16:45We have, well, actually seven.
16:47I'll come to that earlier this afternoon.
16:51It was eight, so we went down.
16:52One person was found, right?
16:55So we still have Isaiah Modest from Arima.
16:59I spoke to the Arima Police Station.
17:03Isaiah Modest, yeah.
17:04Yesterday, Isaiah Modest.
17:06And we got some information that he was located,
17:11and they couldn't verify it.
17:13So we still have him as missing, right?
17:15Right.
17:16And then Jordan Chrysostom, he is under the jurisdiction of the Children's Authority,
17:22and he was last seen in the Arima District,
17:25and we have no information or leads on Jordan Chrysostom.
17:30So if you have viewers here from the Arima District,
17:33we're depending on you to assist us.
17:36Call 799-1453 or contact the authority at 996 or the police at 999.
17:45Jordan Chrysostom is still missing.
17:47Rakeem Walcott, we have a bit of information on him.
17:53He's from the Aranguas District, but he's still outstanding.
17:58And if you can provide us with some information so we could assist the relatives of Rakeem Walcott to have him returned home.
18:08So, Kemiah Bishop, well, Kemiah was found, as I said, that this is the one we have to update.
18:14Kemiah was found earlier today,
18:17and the Children's Authority communicated that to me just a couple of hours ago.
18:24All right?
18:25Yes.
18:25So, Kishon Edwards is still outstanding.
18:29He's from Aranguas District, and if we have viewers from this area,
18:35please keep a look out for Kishon Edwards, age 17.
18:40Mark, these young men are more difficult to locate than the young girls we see, the teenagers,
18:49and so they tend to disappear for maybe up to two to three weeks before we're able to locate them.
18:56Right.
18:56And next we have Ainsworth Herbert Andrew.
19:03He's from Bernard Street and Enterprise, and we're working on this case.
19:08We haven't had leads, so if you're from the Enterprise area and you can reach out to us to let us know anything about Ainsworth,
19:17Andrew, please contact us.
19:19Leandro Miller has been outstanding since the 5th of March, 2025,
19:27and we only got this report a couple of days ago.
19:30Right.
19:31So, we have to begin to work on his case.
19:36We haven't started to work on his case as yet, or we haven't had information to start with.
19:43And then we have Malini Passat.
19:48Now, the entire Barakpur area, Rochelle Douglas Road, they're following this case carefully.
19:55She left on the 13th, and she hasn't been located.
20:02Now, we've been able to get CCTV footage, so we know the time she left, and we have a fair idea where she is.
20:12And so, I want to ask the residents of Barakpur today, if you're viewing, that keep an eye on Musaraf trees for us in Barakpur.
20:24We feel strongly, almost 100%, that Malini Passat is in the Musaraf trees, which is not too far from where she lives, in the Rochelle Douglas Road in Barakpur.
20:40So, some work was done on this case this morning, for the entire morning, by our team.
20:46We hope to continue when we leave here this evening.
20:49But keep an eye out on Musaraf trees, Barakpur.
20:52As you were perusing, you mentioned, I'm seeing at least one, two, three, four, five of these persons are in their teens, four young men and a young lady.
21:03Yeah, so it continues to be a problem, it's a societal problem.
21:10And when you look at the cases closely, some of these teenagers, they do have reason to escape.
21:18And it's probably, you know, family burdens.
21:25You know, I don't know.
21:28Mark ever came across this term, Latchkey?
21:31No, I haven't.
21:32So, there's a term called Latchkey children, right?
21:35Where a single mother, the father's not supportive, but the children has a key for the home.
21:43So, when they go to school and they return, they're able to open the house for themselves and take care of themselves until the mommy would return after work, after working long hours, back to the home to take care of them.
21:56So, many of these children who go missing are what you call Latchkey children.
22:02Oh, I see.
22:03Sometimes, you know, they do all sorts of things in the home without proper supervision and they're not properly supervised.
22:11They're not in a normal family that we know that would, you know, have caregivers and extended family to support the raising of the children.
22:22So, things happen, things go haywire and it's a societal issue, but they are children, Mark, and that is why we look out for them because we have to take care of our children.
22:33We have to put them on the right path so that they would not end up as a statistic either for murder or for violent crime later on down the road.
22:44All right.
22:45Thanks so much for that.
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28:59I'm your host, Mark Bussan, joined today by Captain Valence Rambrot of the Hunter Search
29:03and Rescue Team.
29:04And certainly, you know, there have been a lot of activity over the last couple of weeks
29:09at the nation's prisons.
29:11And of course, as the police continue to look for, with the assistance, of course, of prison
29:16authorities for illegal contraband.
29:19And of course, over the last couple of days, there were other fines of, you know, cigarettes
29:27and so on, discovered, and I think this might have been from another operation as well, various
29:35illicit cigarettes finding itself onto the markets in Trinidad and Tobago here.
29:43And, you know, they're purportedly being brought in by a particular organization, apparently, according to police.
29:55And they're really looking closely at this kind of, you know, illicit contraband entering the country.
30:02Yeah, and I think the issue really is the fact that these items come in at a low cost, but they do not attract taxes.
30:13So they have the ability to sell them very cheaply across the country because, as you know, Mark,
30:21alcohol and tobacco are subjected in Trinidad and Tobago to some really steep taxes.
30:27Yes.
30:28And this is what drives the cost of those two items up.
30:32So that the issue is how does a container of that come into the country, and whether, in fact,
30:40there are persons who are complicit in having these items come into the country
30:47and not attract the scrutiny of the authorities.
30:50Then you also have to wonder if this is original or imitation, because I remember the United Nations
30:57Drug and Crime Office, based in Panama, spoke extensively about, you know, all these imitation products
31:05being made with very harmful substances, even cigarettes as well, and they're being sold on the black market,
31:11and people smuggling them into various countries, and people, you know, when they use this,
31:17they have, like, rat poison and all these different things.
31:19Yeah, you have to be careful of the source, yeah, and these things do happen,
31:24and probably that's why it's being brought in under the radar,
31:28and why not seek an importation license to bring it in?
31:32You know, if it is what it says it is.
31:36Yes, but complicit, again, we have to look at that, and Mark, I think, post-SOE evaluation
31:45must also look at those officers who are complicit as well,
31:50because I think the population is looking forward to that, and prison officers as well.
31:55Yes, certainly.
31:56And I know we had touched on earlier on a gentleman who passed at a bar in Laramene,
32:04and we want to obviously send our sympathies to his family on his passing.
32:09I can't recall the name.
32:11I saw it on social media earlier today, but apparently he may have suffered, you know,
32:20a heart attack of some sort, and he passed away.
32:26So Deepis sympathies to the family of that gentleman on his passing.
32:33Yeah, Mark, and you know he's there, just like any one of us having a little casual drink.
32:39I'm not too sure what the drink is, but it's in a cup, and then that's it, and the information.
32:45What I read as well is that he died almost instantly, so condolences to his family,
32:52but it reminds us that we have to keep stuck of our health and keep doing those blood tests and everything
32:59so that we will know what medication.
33:02When we are diagnosed with something, you know we have medication to take.
33:07Yes, certainly.
33:08All right, on a brighter note, of course, it's Easter,
33:12and I know that a lot of people tend to go to the beach,
33:16and I think you want to educate persons about going to the beaches and rip currents especially.
33:21Right.
33:22Which, you know.
33:22So, Mark, it's important as we approach the Easter weekend,
33:27and as school is on vacation and you make your way to the beaches,
33:31and we want you to take the children and everybody to the beach.
33:35Okay?
33:36It's fine weather, but there's something called rip currents,
33:39and if you look at it closely, Mark, your rip currents,
33:44I don't know if she would play it with the volume,
33:47if she's playing it with the volume.
33:48To our followers and viewers, we want to be able to show you what is a rip current.
33:56So, notice that you have those white top waves coming in there,
34:02and as you move the camera from right to left,
34:06you're going to begin to see a break in the waves.
34:10Look at the left here, you will see you have the white top waves,
34:15and this center here, I'll just pull up a little bit,
34:18that is where you have the rip current.
34:20The wave in the back, far back, is trying to come in,
34:26but this water that is receding, it's pushing it back.
34:30And so you have what is called a channel being created by the water going back out.
34:36And so that is the rip current.
34:42All right, so apologies there for that technical,
34:50but I think it's pretty self-explanatory.
34:53Right, so be careful of the rip currents, it's prevalent at this time,
34:56so when you go to the beaches, look out for them.
35:01All right, we're going to take a short break,
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38:16Welcome back to Beyond the Tape.
38:17I'm your host, Mark Busson.
38:18Joined today by Captain Valence Rambrath of the Hunter's Search and Rescue Team.
38:22We just want to remind you of the numbers to call 623-1711, extensions 1996 and 1997.
38:32You know, you don't often, you see this a lot, you know, and when you see adults fighting,
38:37you have to often wonder, you know, these people, if they know how to speak to one another.
38:41And we have a video that we saw on social media on Friday last involving two individuals in the streets of Tunapuna.
38:53A fist fight here.
38:55Two men, you know, in the streets there.
38:58And obviously, people are filming rather than trying to definitely get the, you know, stop the two persons.
39:06And, you know, somebody's armed with something, you know, looks like a, somewhat like a shovel and a, what looks like a, a cutlass.
39:18Yeah.
39:19And I, people are not even trying to part the men, you know, and there's a puddleless guy.
39:25He falls into, it looks funny, but it's pretty serious when individuals, you know, it seems like it's at a taxi sign or something nearby there.
39:37Um, and nobody, for quite a while, both are engaged in a, in a tussle there.
39:44And it's only eventually after a while that they are able to, I guess, restfully cutlass out of the man's hand.
39:55And the other person leaves.
39:58Yeah, so, um, unfortunate, but, um, you know, you see this very often where, um, adults should be displaying, um, better behavior and better conflict resolution skills.
40:13And that's part of the problem in Trinidad and Tobago.
40:16We seem to have lost that ability to talk out things and sort things out before you could get the violence.
40:22Yeah, and you would expect better from two grown adults.
40:25Two grown adults.
40:26We recall seeing a fight like that with two grown women a couple months ago in front of a school after they were calling for, for certain, um, you know, to, there's, both of their children who are behaving in a particular manner.
40:39And children mimic what adults do.
40:43So that, um, that, that is normal human behavior.
40:47And, um, so therefore we can't accept this as the norm.
40:51Um, we have to ensure that our children look on and see adults resolve in conflicts, because there will be conflicts.
41:00And, and to me, I, you know, it, it's very often we see this and we talk, police talk about it.
41:05Officers on this program, you would have mentioned it, you know, when something so serious escalating rather than continue to film.
41:14There's so many people around there.
41:16Yes, I understand there are weapons and so on involved.
41:18But at some given time, people need to, to take stock and first and foremost try to defuse the situation.
41:25Yeah.
41:25Because before one of them could have been badly hurt.
41:27Yeah, because, I mean, if I'm moving with my team and we see something like that, we'll intervene.
41:33And, um, do the right thing and intervene.
41:35I'm not saying if there's a gun involved, we'll intervene.
41:38But something like a cutlass and a shovel, we'll try and get in there and pass.
41:42Which is the adult thing to do.
41:44You need to, to, to, to, to put a lid on it and defuse the situation.
41:48And, you know, let both gentlemen go their way until they, they, they, they, they, they calm down and they could look at it and reflect on it and know that they did something wrong.
41:59Yes, certainly.
42:00All right, we have a call on the line.
42:01Caller, good evening.
42:03Hi, good evening, Mr. Bassan.
42:05Time also, good evening, Mr. Rampard.
42:09How are you gentlemen going?
42:10Good?
42:11Fine, thank you.
42:12All right, okay, nice.
42:14During the, during the program, at the moment, I just saw the recent clip, you would have shown where the two gentlemen having a disagreement, let's call it that.
42:24And real quick, um, you know, we, we need some type of clarity because this program is a longstanding program.
42:34And in general, in society, yes, we like to have fun, we like entertain, we're kind of trying to, but, I mean, let's be honest, let's be honest, something.
42:44Isn't being done.
42:45I don't, I'm missing something.
42:47So, maybe Mr. Bassan, in your wisdom, as a journalist, maybe you could provide some advice, something I don't understand, but, we need, this is a national security issue.
42:57I mean, let's, let's think about the children of income men.
43:00That's not good.
43:02You know, we need honesty.
43:04Thanks for the time.
43:05Keep up the good with you gentlemen.
43:06Thanks a lot Colin, but we just alluded to the fact that, you know, I think it all boils down to as well emotional intelligence, you know, and, um, you know, if you read about emotional intelligence and putting yourself in other person's shoes to understand how they feel, um, it gives you a better perspective.
43:25How to even control your own, your own anger.
43:30Yes, anger management skills, and, um, as well as, um, situational awareness as well.
43:36You're on the streets, you don't go there to do this.
43:38Um, set your scores there quietly and go about your business.
43:42But, um, the, um, the, the, the, the caller is saying national security.
43:47National security cannot solve that problem, you know.
43:50That problem has to be solved by families and how we train our children and how children view adults and what are the behaviors, the positive behaviors, behaviors that we could continue to spread around Trinidad and Tobago.
44:08Right.
44:10Cool.
44:10Yes.
44:11I think we have another call on the line.
44:13Caller, good evening.
44:14Hi, good afternoon.
44:17Um, I look at the program, right?
44:19And I think that this gentleman from the Hunter position should be getting awarded.
44:28Okay.
44:31Any reason, caller?
44:33Are you still on the line?
44:34Yes, hello?
44:36Yeah, are you still on the line?
44:37Any reason?
44:39Yeah, I'm not that yet.
44:41All right, thank you.
44:42Caller, let me tell you this.
44:44There are various stages in a person's life.
44:48And when you get to my stage, I am 60 right now.
44:51Those things, you don't, you don't bother about those things.
44:54You do something that's positive for the country.
44:57And most of our members understand this is a way of giving back.
45:01Some of us would have achieved life goals, you know, have a family, built a house, own a vehicle, retired comfortably.
45:12And as we reflect on life, you know, you see that there are things I could still do to change this country.
45:19I've been a career teacher and I'm still teaching as I go along in every aspect of what I do.
45:25I enjoy doing this, and therefore there is no reason for a national award.
45:30There are people in this country who would have done much, much more than we would have done to get those national awards.
45:39We are a young group too, four years.
45:41And I always say that to get a national award, Mark, come with 40 years of dedicated service.
45:48And that's the benchmark for a national award.
45:51All right. Well said.
45:54All right, we're going to take a short break and we'll be back.
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50:28Welcome back to Beyond the Tape.
50:43I'm your host, Mark Basant.
50:44I'm joined today by Captain Valence Rambarat of the Hunters, H&R Rescue Team.
50:50I know you were telling me about a visitor to a particular home a couple of weeks ago.
50:56Well, it was last week in Kildare Village in Rio Claro.
51:00We were on another search as well.
51:02We were going to Rio Claro and we got this call.
51:05So, Mark, as part of, if you feel searching for missing persons is hard work for us,
51:12we've taken on a new portfolio now for the past two years where we perform animal rescues, wildlife rescues.
51:21Not too much cat and dog and so forth.
51:24And this is one of the largest specimens of a red-tailed boar constrictor you would ever see in Trinidad and Tobago.
51:33And it was there right behind the person's house laying in some grass and she panicked.
51:40She called us.
51:41Luckily, we were in the area and we were able to retrieve this beautiful specimen of a red-tailed boar constrictor locally known as the maca well in the Rio Claro district.
51:54And it's something we enjoy doing.
51:57So, in addition to looking for missing persons, you're seeing we do wildlife rescues.
52:02That's one of the best specimens of a red-tailed boar constrictor you could ever see in Trinidad.
52:07What area was that again?
52:09It was in the Rio Claro district, which is agriculture and forest.
52:13So, you would find that big animal there.
52:16That's where you would find it.
52:17But, you know, there's always these what we call conflict areas where they leave the forest and they may enter into the gardens or right behind somebody's house.
52:27Yeah.
52:27So, what we are training people to do, and more and more persons are calling us, Mark, to come and take up snakes and manicoos here and owls here.
52:37Wow.
52:37Listen, the thing is, we don't want you to destroy the animal.
52:41There is an option now.
52:43You can call us 799-1453, wherever it is in Trinidad and Tobago.
52:50We'll come to your home and we'll remove it and we'll safely locate it to its appropriate habitat.
52:57And so, it's very, very important that we preserve the lives of these animals so that there will be sustainability in our ecosystem for many years to come so that 100 years from now a child looking one should be able to see a red-tailed boar constrictor that size in our country rather than it becomes an endangered species.
53:21And that is one of the problems we've had one endangered species in Trinidad and Tobago is the powie.
53:28We just have just a few remaining in northeast Trinidad.
53:33And we always have to be on a safeguard, look out for these animals.
53:38And as you see, Mark, we're quite comfortable with the animal.
53:42I see.
53:43And we're trying to show the public that there's no need to be fearful.
53:47That animal gave us absolutely no trouble.
53:50We went in and placed our hands by the neck to ensure that it wouldn't snap at us.
53:55Right.
53:56And you can see Ronnie struggling with that.
53:58Ronnie is a big guy.
53:59Ronnie is struggling with the weight of that animal to keep him.
54:03It's unimaginable that he can swallow Ronnie.
54:07Yeah.
54:08All right.
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