Gyeonggi-do Sees 24% Decrease in Livestock Damage from Heatwaves This Year

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 4th that livestock damage caused by the heatwave this year amounted to 264 cases and 78,000 heads, a 24% decrease compared to 277 cases and 103,000 heads last year.

This is the smallest scale of damage since 2018, except for 2020 when the number of heatwave days was 3.5 days.

Gyeonggi Province analyzed this as a result of proactive measures against the heatwave, including facility improvements such as ventilation fans and heating and cooling systems, pre-supply of immune boosters, and distribution of livestock management guidelines for heatwave preparedness.

Additionally, Gyeonggi Province plans to continue providing advance response guidance for the second rainy season (autumn rainy season), including drainage maintenance, inspection of electrical equipment, and manure treatment facilities. In particular, they urged preparations for landslide damage concerns targeting livestock barns near mountainous areas.

Gyeonggi Province will support emergency recovery costs for livestock disaster damage at livestock farms and has allocated 3.3 billion KRW in an additional supplementary budget this year to encourage enrollment in livestock disaster insurance.

Lee Kang-young, Director of Livestock Policy Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, "Natural disasters can occur anytime and anywhere, so preparation is the best measure," and added, "We ask livestock farmers, city and county governments, and livestock organizations to pay close attention to weather information and carefully inspect facilities and manage livestock according to the already distributed action guidelines."

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