11 buffaloes and cows in Nghe An border district died due to cold weather

From January 9 to 16, the district experienced severe cold, with temperatures ranging from 2 to 5 degrees Celsius; especially in the communes of Muong Long, Na Ngoi, Huoi Tu... some places experienced frost, affecting people's lives and the health of livestock.

According to a quick report from the People's Committee of Ky Son district, from January 9 to 16, in 7/21 communes of the district, 11 buffaloes and cows aged 6 months or older died due to the cold, causing estimated damage of more than 60 million VND.

Mr. Tho Ba Re - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ky Son district said: Although the People's Committee of the district has issued official dispatches on proactively preventing hunger and cold in livestock in the 2024-2025 Winter-Spring crop; at the same time, directing the district-level hunger and cold prevention working groups to directly visit communes where the cold is forecasted to be the epicenter of the cold to inspect and propagate to help people prevent cold for livestock; directing the communes to send cadres to villages and hamlets to propagate and help people strengthen prevention of cold and hunger for livestock, however, due to the severe cold, which occurred suddenly, the temperature dropped deeply, causing some livestock and poultry of the people to freeze to death.

Currently, the district directs localities to continue monitoring and reporting damage caused by severe cold.

Currently, the temperature in Ky Son, Que Phong, Tuong Duong districts... is still very cold, especially at night. To minimize damage to livestock, localities have stepped up propaganda and mobilized people to bring buffaloes and cows to barns, cover them, light fires to keep warm and use reserve food sources for buffaloes and cows.