Opuwo camps in ashes

CLOSE to 60 head of cattle, as well as 44 goats and 22 sheep, were rescued from being roasted alive when the Omutambowomawe quarantine camps here burned to the ground last Tuesday.

It is still not known how the fire started. The veterinary officer for Kunene north, Douglas Mudimba, said the quarantining of livestock at the camps had been suspended until further notice.The camp will only take in animals after the rainy season in February, Mudimba said.He added that cattle owners can take their animals to the camps if they can afford to buy animal feed.The fire destroyed all the grass at the Omutambowomawe quarantine camps.The blaze, which spread from the direction of Etosha Park, destroyed 30 of the 31 camps where animals are quarantined for 21 days before they are sold.According to Mudimba the Omutambowomawe camps quarantine more then 30 000 livestock a year.- NampaThe veterinary officer for Kunene north, Douglas Mudimba, said the quarantining of livestock at the camps had been suspended until further notice.The camp will only take in animals after the rainy season in February, Mudimba said.He added that cattle owners can take their animals to the camps if they can afford to buy animal feed.The fire destroyed all the grass at the Omutambowomawe quarantine camps.The blaze, which spread from the direction of Etosha Park, destroyed 30 of the 31 camps where animals are quarantined for 21 days before they are sold.According to Mudimba the Omutambowomawe camps quarantine more then 30 000 livestock a year.- Nampa