AALO, Jun 14: Gemo Tali village in West Siang district is experiencing the onset of foot and mouth disease (FMD) which has already caused the death of four mithuns (Bos Frontalis) and infected several others during the month.
Villagers have launched search operations of their mithuns in dense forest surrounding the village which are their natural habitat and are doing their best to collect medicines from the Veterinary department to save lives of these treasured animals that are used in various rituals. The exact number of casualties are yet to be assessed properly as many of the mithuns are said to be untraceable. Yaki Tato village near Gemo Tali recently performed traditional rituals to ward off the disease and confined themselves to a three-day lockdown after the rituals. Transactions, sacrifice and sale of mithuns have either been restricted or banned through circulars to stop the FMD from spreading further.
In the bygone days, tracing of mithuns used to be easy for the owners as the animals gathered at ‘Sobo Soi’ (A place where mithuns congregated in large numbers to quench their thirst from salty water and lick stones that were salty in taste). However, with the passage of time these places are hardly found, making the task of tracing difficult. DIPRO

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
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