Karachi: Diseased sheep dump in urban area protesed

Citizens have taken a strong exception to the dumping of culled Australian sheep in the middle of the residential area in the metropolis, Geo News reported. 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. Authorities tracked that splinter herd to a secret farm and launched the culling and dumping process in the same place. Realizing it could lead to health hazards, local residents raised voice against the livestock department’s carelessness demanding of the government to dump the diseased sheep elsewhere. On the other hand, Deputy Director Livestock Department Sindh, Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, told Geo News the sheep found suffering from anthrax were burnt before dumping, so they posed no threat to population living around the dumping site. A investigation is underway over the hustling of these 3,000 Australian Merino sheep.