Animals must be included in flood management plans

On safer ground: Livestock are constantly among the many casualties in times of natural disasters, particularly floods. – Filepic: NIK NAIZI HUSIN/The Star

FLOODING causes widespread devastation, resulting in the loss of not just human lives but also animals, including livestock, and damage to agricultural crops and properties.

Livestock are constantly among the many casualties in times of natural disasters, particularly floods, which are the most frequent and widespread of all weather-related natural catastrophes.