Pakistan floods wipe out more than 1 million animals – and farmers’ livelihoods

Thursday, September 9th, 2010 at 12:02 am

Pakistan floods wipe out more than 1 million animals – and farmers’ livelihoods
Floodwaters swept away Ghulam Hussain’s house in Pakistan, $1,100 in jewelry, and $400 cash in a box set aside for his daughter’s wedding. But the biggest financial blow to his family – and to many thousands of others – may be the damage to their herds of livestock.