Nearly 1000 cows smuggled across borders daily: Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture

AKIPRESS.COM - According to unofficial reports, about 1000 cows are smuggled across the border daily, said Minister of Agriculture Tilek Toktogaziyev.
According to official data, the transportation of live cattle across borders increased 12 times compared with the 10 months of 2019, he added.
"Unofficial numbers are too big. Can you imagine, 1000 cows a day, it means we lose 30 000 cows a month. We will be left without breeding stock if it's continued. Then what kind of development of cattle breeding can we talk about?
Percentage of breeding livestock is 10%, the government plans to bring it to 90%.