Flooding Endangers Animals
Besides the misery caused for thousands by the widespread lack of running water, there is also a crisis for livestock and pets.Shocking news: Britain’s a wet countryMany farmers were desperately attempting to find clean water for dairy cattle last night, and owners of livery stables and equestrian centres also need water for their horses.The RSPCA said that it knew of 29,000 dairy cattle on 300 farms in Gloucestershire which needed water.Neil Robinson, 36, who has 340 cattle on his farm at Forthampton, near Tewkesbury, has had no clean water since Saturday and has had to pump water out of two wells.He is also having to dump about 4,500 litres of milk a day because vehicles cannot reach the farm to make collections.
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