Hot weather forces sheep and goat rearers to migrate in search of green pastures

The prevailing extreme hot and dry weather has forced sheep and goat rearers to migrate from their native places in search of green pastures.

The rural parts of the district, particularly Musiri, Thuraiyur, Thathaiyengarpet, Thuraiyur, Lalgudi, Perambalur, Manachanallur and the bordering areas of Perambalur and Ariyalur districts, are known for sheep and goat rearing. In addition to small and marginal farmers, who raise two or three goats, there are farmers who raise sheep and goats in large numbers. They usually erect ‘patti’ , a small makeshift tent, on harvested fields to accommodate sheep and goats in the night hours after taking them for grazing.