(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, SEPTEMBER 24 - Turkey's Disaster and
Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) is planning to build a
'camp' for cattle that were left on the Syrian side of the
border by refugees fleeing jihadi militants as Anadolu Agency
reported. Many Syrians who fled the clashes between Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants and Democratic
Union Party (PYD) forces in Rakka's Tel Abyad district, had to
leave their cattle, sheep and goats in Syria, but have urged
AFAD to take measures to rescue them. AFAD head Faruk Oktay said
they were now working to designate an area on the border where
the animals can be safely kept. "We don't pay attention only to
the humanitarian side of the incident. There is a mined area on
the other side of the border and many animals are waiting there.
We want to help Syrians who want to come here with their
animals, and it is a problem to leave the animals there. They
can die of hunger and thirst," Oktay said, stressing that
officials from the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
were working on the project. "We are building an area where
their needs can be provided for," he said, also underlining that
all the animals will be comprehensively examined and "all
necessary measures" will be taken against possible diseases.
(ANSAmed).
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