Infected sheep to be disposed of in Islamic way

KARACHI: Secretary Livestock Sindh Abid Ali Shah has said that disposing of about 21,268 diseased Australian sheep imported from Bahrain has been initiated and these would be disposed of in an Islamic way instead of administrating injection to them, Geo News reported.

The Secretary said it is the priority of the government to dispose of these sheep at the earliest, adding that these would be dumped in the soil.

Abid Ali Shah further said this virus found in the imported sheep is not present in Pakistan.

Earlier, Commissioner Karachi, Roshan Ali Shaikh has ordered the culling and disposing of about 21,268 diseased Australian sheep imported from Bahrain.

Talking to Geo News, Roshan Ali Shaikh said that the livestock department of Sindh has been directed to start the disposal operation, which might take more than one day.

He said in the first phase the veterinarians would administer lethal injections to all the sheep so that they could be killed humanely and in the second the carcasses would be dumped in a mass grave.