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Title: Goats in Kashmir dying from weather.
Post by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on March 01, 2008, 00:53:54 AM

At least 600 rare Himalayan goats that provide the soft wool for
Kashmir's prized Pashmina shawls have died of starvation, officials say.

Officials say thousands more goats face death after their desert habitat was blanketed with snow during the region's heaviest snowfall in 30 years.

Winter stocks of fodder have reportedly run out   :'(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7269773.stm

Title: Re: Goats in Kashmir dying from weather.
Post by: alisonandarchie on March 04, 2008, 23:40:23 PM

This is so sad :(