77kaoded Thai caption: 8 tons of animal feed help - and animal inspections

 

77kaoded reported from Phatthalung in the far south of Thailand where 100 buffaloes were reported to have died.

 

Agriculturalists said it was malnutrition caused by flooding in the area.

 

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Vets in the province got together to dump 8 tons of hay to help the stricken animals. 

 

Now work is underway to provide a lasting solution to the difficulties faced by the animals and find out their underlying health problems. 

 

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Are these poor buffaloes living in the wild ?

Or is their owner who cannot afford to feed them?

100 buffaloes die in Thailand's south from malnutrition ...

That means there won't be 100 coming back to work in Pattaya once the bars are all open then!

 

Original article link here:

 

https://www.77kaoded.com/news/sakboon/2271336

1 hour ago, fvw53 said:

Are these poor buffaloes living in the wild ?

Or is their owner who cannot afford to feed them?

https://www.77kaoded.com/news/sakboon/2271336

Think I'd be testing their watering hole, if they all died within a short time period.  Starving doesn't sound right, as they aren't that stupid are they.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

underlying health problems

Not enough food.

 

Buffalo aren't the cash cows they once were.

 

Tractors have replaced the need for them.

 

There tough as shoe leather meat isn't popular with the younger culture.  They prefer meat that tender.

 

Inevitably this is going to happen more often

And I guess no one will be held accountable for starving them to death.  

 

 

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Vets in the province got together to dump 8 tons of hay to help the stricken animals. 

Bit late now that they've passed away.

I very much doubt that the flooding had much to do with it. They are water buffaloes - they will happily live in flooded land, rice paddies, swamps; will eat many aquatic plants. Lack of access to grazing most likely, or as KhunLA said, poisoning.

Buffalo still prized in Isaan - as food and as source of fertilizer. Have eaten wild Water buffalo steaks in Australia - not tough. Still also useful for clearing the rice paddies of stubble/weeds. See them frequently.