Livestock

A shepherd set fire to a minibus, which hit a herd of sheep and killed 42 sheep in Turkey’s southeastern province of Batman on Feb. 20.

The government will “distribute 300 sheep to every farmer” in Turkey who wants it in a bid to revive the livestock sector, to encourage farmers not to move to urban areas, and to ease high meat prices, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba has stated.

The number of unemployed university graduates has been on the rise in Turkey. Given few job opportunities in the market, many graduates are forced to work as security personnel, delivery people or even shepherds.

Bull killed a shepherd in the village of Yagnillo in Varna. The incident happened on Wednesday.

The man was with a herd of sheep when he was lethally attacked by the nearby animal.

The bull is owned by a local breeder.

An animal conservation group sounded the alarm bell on Thursday after reporting the illegal killing of a critically endangered deer in northern Greece.

Turkey will in the future cease to be a meat-importing country, Food, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba said on Jan. 12, amid recent controversy over Turkey’s struggling livestock sector and rising imports of meat.

Livestock will also be eligible to benefit from the Turkish government’s “family practice” system, Food, Agriculture and Livestock Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba stated on Dec. 19.

Bulgaria will be able to export compound feed and fodder additives to China.

Two people were killed and another five injured in a road accident involving a flock of sheep on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, authorities said on Monday.

According to reports, the sheep were being illegally transferred after dark on Sunday night in violation of a ban on all livestock movements on the island - in response to an outbreak of sheep pox.

The Polish government is urging citizens to go forth and multiply like rabbits.
The health ministry of Poland, which has one of the lowest birth rates in Europe, has put out a short video praising rabbits for producing many offspring.