50 years ago: Cattle from Swan Island; nor’wester strikes
In the 20 Nov. 1975 edition of The Caymanian Compass, a front-page story reported on meat and cattle being brought in from Swan Island, under a special government provision, even though Honduran territories were on the list of countries from which meat imports were banned. Caymanians who owned cattle on Swan Island wanted to take their livestock out after the change in sovereignty from US to Honduran. While an official in the Department of Tourism, Lands, Natural Resources and Agriculture said government did not want to give those Caymanians any undue economic harm, after 30 Nov., the ban on the imports would be observed. For a more complete summary of the story, please see the below link:
Published on: Nov 24, 2025 03:58 PM