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Study of stray cattle problems in the Kalmunai regional health division

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dc.contributor.author Dayananda, L. G. H. S
dc.contributor.author Mohamed Thariq, M. G
dc.contributor.author Rifath, M. R. A
dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-28T10:23:40Z
dc.date.available 2022-06-28T10:23:40Z
dc.date.issued 2022-02-03
dc.identifier.citation 10th South Eastern University International Arts Research Symposium -2021 on 03rd February 2022. South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Oluvil, Sri Lanka. p.110 en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-624-5739-25-6
dc.identifier.uri http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6151
dc.description.abstract Ampara District in Sri Lanka is a center for a large number of farming families where a large number of people are engaged in cattle rearing as their livelihood. The highest population of cattle are reared in the Kalmunai regional health division which belongs to the Ampara District. The stray cattle has become serious concern in recent days as the abundance of stray cattle keep increasing in this area. Therefore, this study attempt to find the answers to root cause of the cattle become stray animal, the problems raised by the stray cattle and the measures can be undertaken to overcome this issue. The questionnaire administrated respondent’s socio-demographic data and stray cattle related information. There were 150 randomly selected responses recorded from Kalmunai regional division. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. According to the survey results, stray cattle could be seen around mostly in road sides (98%) followed by public places (80%) and private lands (63%) in the Kalmunai regional area. Further, out of 89% of the respondents reported that stary cattle have owners in respective divisional areas. The main reasons for cattle left as stary animals were improper management of owners, over population, insufficient grazing lands, negligence of owners and local govern bodies. According to the responses of the respondents, main problems raised by the stray cattle were road accidents, damage to the cultivations, inflicting injuries to the human, spread of diseases, disturbance to the passengers and roads and premises become ugly. The study found the following as measures to prevent cattle become stray animal; need more legal framework to control stray cattle, create awareness among owners, allocate more area for grazing, impose fine on owners, actions should be taken by village level societies and action needs to be taken by local government. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Arts and Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. en_US
dc.subject Road accidents en_US
dc.subject Improper management en_US
dc.subject Public awareness en_US
dc.subject Local government authority en_US
dc.title Study of stray cattle problems in the Kalmunai regional health division en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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