Swaziland: Health Risks Grow as Cattle Die

As over half of the kingdom's population live in chronic poverty, people have been warned of the health risks of eating carcasses following the death of about 10,000 cattle due to weather conditions and poor animal husbandry.

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  • Swaziland:  Cattle Die in the Thousands

    UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 20 September 2012

    Cold and wet weather, coupled with overgrazing and poor animal husbandry, has been blamed for the deaths of about 10,000 cattle in Swaziland in the past month - and has increased ... read more »

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Cattle in rural Swaziland: The deaths of about 10,000 cattle in the past month is the highest number of deaths in the country's modern history.

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