Category Livestock

Thousands of cattle dead due to flooding in Tasmania, Australia

PHOTO: Cattle stranded as the Mersey River floods. (Supplied: Ebony Bannister) Thousands of animals have perished in the Tasmanian floods, but there’s also been hundreds survive.   Stories are emerging of cattle that were swept up in floodwaters, and have…

55,000 cattle dead during past 6 months, due to drought throughout Colombia

“El Niño is a true rural catastrophe,” said Jose Felix Lafaurie, president of the Colombian Federation of Cattle (Fedegan) a week , while indicating that the animals have died of thirst and, therefore, the sector’s losses are more 850 billion.…

40,000 cattle killed in storm in Texas and New Mexico, USA

While Ireland battles with widespread flooding, snow and wind in the US has caused havoc on dairy farms.    Storm Goliath tore through Clovis, New Mexico, where Glanbia are involved in cheese manufacture, and Lubbock, Texas last weekend. The storm…