NAMIBIAN LIVESTOCK MORTALITIES DUE TO DROUGHT OCTOBER 2018 TO DECEMBER 2019

31 Jan 2020

Please note that these are the figures as received from the Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS). It could be possible that not all regions were recording the data of the mortalities. For instance, in this case, Kavango East did not report any mortalities but it does not mean that there were no mortalities.

Namibia livestock mortalities due to drought October 2018 to December 2019

October 2018 to December 2019

Region

Number of animals lost

 

Cattle

Goats

Sheep

Donkeys

Horses

Erongo

10,412

4,096

2,374

246

103

Hardap

20

                 -  

                 -  

0

0

//Kharas

2,738

14,069

1,148

0

0

Kavango East

               -  

                 -  

                 -  

0

0

Kavango West

59

8

539

0

0

Khomas

810

                 -  

                 -  

0

0

Kunene

8,681

2,602

4,362

102

79

Ohangwena

12,574

1,416

26

22

0

Omaheke

2,517

1,421

742

40

95

Omusati

7,511

1,484

110

179

0

Oshana

2,591

509

20

137

18

Oshikoto

2,182

86

12

11

0

Otjozondjupa

7,692

2,185

1,603

25

48

Zambezi

150

                 -  

                 -  

0

0

Total

57,937.00

27,876.00

10,936.00

762.00

343.00

Livestock Mortalities South of the Veterinary Cordon Fence

   

Region

Cattle

Goats

Sheep

Donkeys

Horses

Erongo

10,412

4,096

2,374

246

103

Hardap

20

-  

-  

0

0

//Kharas

2,738

14,069

1,148

0

0

Otjozondjupa

7,692

2,185

1,603

25

48

Kunene

5,681

1,602

2,362

102

79

Total

26,543

21,952

7,487

373

230