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Saturday, September 22, 2012
Dumping of culled sheep in urban areas opposed
KARACHI: Citizens have taken a strong exception to the dumping of culled Australian sheep in the middle of the residential area in the metropolis. According to reports, locals resorted to protest when the livestock department was busy disposing of around 3,000 imported sheep suffering from deadly disease in a small farm they were hidden. Earlier, it was reported that around 3,000 of the 22,000 sheep had been relocated to a secret farm away from the main herd. Realizing it could lead to health hazards, local residents raised voice against the livestock department’s carelessness, demanding of the government to dump the disease-hit sheep elsewhere. On other hand, Deputy Director Livestock Sindh, Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, said the sheep found suffering from anthrax were burnt before dumping, so they posed no threat to population living around the dumping site. An investigation is underway over the hustling of these 3,000 Australian sheep. inp
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