Iraq takes steps to save Mosul livestock after Islamic State’s rule
Iraq and the United Nations launched a campaign Monday to vaccinate nearly one million livestock in the Mosul area over fears the animals may be carrying diseases, as they have not been vaccinated since Islamic State seized the city in 2014. In late July, Iraqi security forces wrested back control of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, […]Thin Lei Win writes for Reuters:
Iraq and the United Nations launched a campaign Monday to vaccinate nearly one million livestock in the Mosul area over fears the animals may be carrying diseases, as they have not been vaccinated since Islamic State seized the city in 2014.
In late July, Iraqi security forces wrested back control of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, three years after Islamic State had declared it the de facto capital of its “caliphate”.
“If immediate measures are not taken, the effects on livestock production and food security could be devastating,” Fadel El-Zubi, representative for the U.N.’s food agency in Iraq, said in a statement.
