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Desperate Farmers Await Answers on Livestock Deaths

Published March 16, 2026, 08:04
Desperate Farmers Await Answers on Livestock Deaths

Cypriot livestock farmers are expressing anxiety over livestock deaths due to foot-and-mouth disease and are awaiting answers from the government regarding the causes and actions being taken. The issue will be discussed in the Parliamentary Agriculture Committee and the Council of Ministers. Farmers are concerned about the future of their farms, as the strategy of mass culling of animals is considered by some to be devastating for the animal population and the economy, especially in areas with mixed activity and geographical peculiarities, such as Pyla and Pergamοs.