MIRPURKHAS: As many as 70 goats died after drinking poisonous water at a watercourse near Bachal Leghari village in Digri taluka on Saturday.

Shepherds Dilshad, Imran, Allahdino Majeed, Feroze, Irshad Leghari and others told media persons that their goats started collapsing one after the other after drinking from the watercourse and 70 of them died within minutes before they could do something to save them.

They suspected the water was poisonous and someone must have mixed some toxic substance into it.

They said that they were completely ruined as the goats were owned by villagers and they were too poor to make up their loss.

They demanded the district administration order an inquiry into the incident, nab the person responsible for poisoning the watercourse and provide them compensation for the perished goats.

Published in Dawn, July 23th, 2023

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