Livestock farmers in Tiruppur seek compensation based on market rates for livestock killed by wandering dogs

Livestock farmers successful the Kangayam-Dharapuram loop person urged the Animal Husbandry Ministry to enactment successful spot effectual measures to safeguard them from fatalities of their goats and sheep caused owed to onslaught by wandering dogs.

A radical of farmers precocious called connected the Animal Husbandry Minister S. Kamali, seeking compensation connected marketplace rates for the livestock killed by the dogs.

The fatalities of livestock had caused utmost hardship to the farmers babelike connected the goats and sheep for livelihood implicit the past decade, the petition they submitted to the Minister said.

The compensation of ₹6,000 for a dormant goat/sheep fixed by the authorities was insufficient, and determination was a hold connected the portion of the authorities successful making the settlement, the petition said, urging the Ministry to physique imperishable shelters for the wandering dogs.