Farmers who lost sheep during hard winter get refund - Herald Scotland | Business | Corporate & SME

The Scottish Government has revealed the details of its £200,000 emergency aid fund, announced in April, to support those Scottish sheep farmers whose flocks were hardest hit by the harsh winter.

As a result of the extremely cold weather, the losses recorded on some Scottish sheep farms during January to April of this year were significantly higher than normal.

Mongolia counts carcasses after harsh winter - World - Wire - Kentucky.com

More than 8.2 million animals, nearly a fifth of all livestock in Mongolia, have died in a winter of snow, cold and gales so severe Mongolians have a special term for it - "dzud." A sense of loss and the stench of decay hang over one broad valley after another across the vast range lands.