Cold weather affects cattle

7 February 2011 07:30 am

More than four hundred bulls and cows have died due to the cold weather in the flood hit Kekirawa area, Divisional Secretary for Kekirawa said.

A large number of deaths were reported from Ganewelpola and Horapola, the Provincial Secretary added.

Further he said that due to the number of deaths not reported to the authorities the number of Cattle deaths could be even higher. (Karunarathne  Dissanayaka)