Sheep bleat uncontrollably seeing lambs being buried
TIRUNELVELI, MAY 22, 2019 00:00 IST
Sheep making strange noises when charred remains of lambs were buried en masse at Pettai near Tirunelveli
Young ones were charred to death when fire engulfed the igloo-shaped palm leaf shelters
Those who happened to cross a fire-ravaged sheep pen erected beyond Malayalamedu here on Monday witnessed heart-wrenching scene with moist eyes as a group of sheep were bleating relentlessly on seeing their ‘kids,’ all charred by fire, were being buried.
A group of shepherds from Nanguneri and Thisaiyanvilai erected pen near Malayalamedu beyond Tirunelveli Town.
While they take the sheep for grazing, they used to keep the young ones inside igloo-shaped structure without entry point, fabricated with palm leaves, so that it would give ventilation to lambs and protect them from sweltering heat.
When the shepherds had taken the sheep for grazing in the nearby areas on Monday, the dry grass grown near the pen caught fire and spread immediately to the pen.
Within no time, the fire engulfed the igloo-shaped palm leaf shelters under which the shepherds had kept 48 lambs. On getting the news, the shepherds rushed to the pen only to see the charred remains of the lambs and lamented.
“On returning to the pen in the evening everyday, we’d open the igloo-shaped palm leaf shelter. On seeing their ‘mothers,’ the hitherto sheltered lambs would jump in joy and rush to the mothers that would feed their ‘kids.’ When we returned to the pen on Monday evening, all we saw was the charred remains of the innocent lambs and the inconsolable ‘mothers’ were just making unusual noise,” the shepherds said.
When the earthmover hired by the shepherds buried the lambs killed in the mishap, the ‘mothers’ were making strange noise on witnessing it from close quarters.
“Since the ‘mothers’ cannot feed the lambs now, the lactated milk should be drained manually for a few days so as to save the animals from unbearable pain in mammary glands. The lactation would be active only when the ‘mothers’ feed the lambs. As the lambs are no more now, the lactation will stop within a few days,” the shepherds said.
TIRUNELVELI, MAY 22, 2019 00:00 IST
Sheep making strange noises when charred remains of lambs were buried en masse at Pettai near Tirunelveli
on Monday.A.SHAIKMOHIDEEN 22.05.2019
Young ones were charred to death when fire engulfed the igloo-shaped palm leaf shelters
Those who happened to cross a fire-ravaged sheep pen erected beyond Malayalamedu here on Monday witnessed heart-wrenching scene with moist eyes as a group of sheep were bleating relentlessly on seeing their ‘kids,’ all charred by fire, were being buried.
A group of shepherds from Nanguneri and Thisaiyanvilai erected pen near Malayalamedu beyond Tirunelveli Town.
While they take the sheep for grazing, they used to keep the young ones inside igloo-shaped structure without entry point, fabricated with palm leaves, so that it would give ventilation to lambs and protect them from sweltering heat.
When the shepherds had taken the sheep for grazing in the nearby areas on Monday, the dry grass grown near the pen caught fire and spread immediately to the pen.
Within no time, the fire engulfed the igloo-shaped palm leaf shelters under which the shepherds had kept 48 lambs. On getting the news, the shepherds rushed to the pen only to see the charred remains of the lambs and lamented.
“On returning to the pen in the evening everyday, we’d open the igloo-shaped palm leaf shelter. On seeing their ‘mothers,’ the hitherto sheltered lambs would jump in joy and rush to the mothers that would feed their ‘kids.’ When we returned to the pen on Monday evening, all we saw was the charred remains of the innocent lambs and the inconsolable ‘mothers’ were just making unusual noise,” the shepherds said.
When the earthmover hired by the shepherds buried the lambs killed in the mishap, the ‘mothers’ were making strange noise on witnessing it from close quarters.
“Since the ‘mothers’ cannot feed the lambs now, the lactated milk should be drained manually for a few days so as to save the animals from unbearable pain in mammary glands. The lactation would be active only when the ‘mothers’ feed the lambs. As the lambs are no more now, the lactation will stop within a few days,” the shepherds said.
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