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Electronic livestock tagging starts

Ongoing livestock tagging in Laikipia County to reduce theft and help contain diseases.

 

Laikipia county government has embarked on an ambitious exercise to tag all livestock with an aim of identifying and tracking them in case they get stolen. The exercise being undertaken by Kenya Veterinary Association (KVA), the local livestock department and supported by World Vision has so far tagged 40,000 animals and their details fed into a database that will assist in tracing the animal, knowing the owner and getting the medical history of the animal.

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