Drought-hit Kenyans burn animal carcasses fearing disease outbreak

A boy carries a carcass of a goat in a village near Loiyangalani, Kenya. Villagers in northern Kenya have begun to burn piles of animal carcasses, hoping to head off an outbreak of disease as their livestock starve to death in the region’s worst drought in five years. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

Published on: Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM IST

News

Share via

• 
• 
• 
• 

Copy link

• 

1/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

A boy carries a carcass of a goat in a village near Loiyangalani, Kenya. Villagers in northern Kenya have begun to burn piles of animal carcasses, hoping to head off an outbreak of disease as their livestock starve to death in the region’s worst drought in five years. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

2/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

Turkana tribesmen collect goats carcasses to burn them in a village near Loiyangalani. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

3/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

Nomadic communities store their savings in animals rather than banks and each carcass is a major loss. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

4/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

A Turkana tribeswoman holds her child next to the construction site of her cabin in a village near Loiyangalani. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

5/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

A dead goat is seen near Loiyangalani. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

6/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

A Turkana tribesman collects goats carcasses to burn them in a village near Loiyangalani. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

7/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

REFILE - FIXING DATE CORRECTED IN ERROR. A Turkana tribesman burns goats carcasses in a village near Loiyangalani. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

8/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

A Turkana tribeswoman holds her child in a village near Loiyangalani. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

9/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

A Turkana tribes village is seen near Loiyangalani. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

10/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

Boys carry carcasses of goats in a village near Loiyangalani. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

11/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

A woman carries a water canister in a village near Loiyangalani. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

12/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

A Turkana tribesman walks in front of burned goats' carcasses in a village near Loiyangalani. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

13/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

Turkana's collect carcasses of goats to be burned in a village near Loiyangalani. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

14/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

A Turkana boy holds a plastic carrying his breakfast in a village near Loiyangalani, Kenya, March 21, 2017. Picture taken on March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (REUTERS)

15/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

A Turkana tribeswoman walks with goats in a village near Loiyangalani, Kenya, March 21, 2017. Picture taken on March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (REUTERS)

16/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

Girls carry carcasses of goats in a village. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

17/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

Turkana's collect carcasses of goats to be burned in a village. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

18/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

A sick Turkana tribesman sits in the bush in a village near Loiyangalani. (Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)

19/19

View Photos in a new improved layout

Published on Mar 25, 2017 2:55 PM

A Turkana tribesman stands in a village near Loiyangalani, Kenya, March 21, 2017. Picture taken on March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (REUTERS)