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Farmer devastated as stray cow costs him 20 cattle

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Devastated.. Tsamaise is appealing for assistance from the public to take care of his family.PIC.MBATSHI MALIKONGWA

LEPORUNG: Several villagers in Leporung, a village in the Good Hope District along the border with South Africa, have seen their livestock killed for entering a red zone, amidst the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in the area.

The village of fewer than 700 people, according to the last census, is part of Zone 11, the second-largest disease control zone, which covers an area larger than that of Portugal.

Othusitse Tsamaise is one of the devastated farmers who was fast pushed into poverty after his 20 cattle, his only source of income for himself, his family, and relatives, were gunned down in his presence as they were deemed potential carriers of FMD.

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