Livestock pox restrictions leave shepherds stranded as winter snow arrives

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The archetypal snow of the play has fallen connected Greece’s mountains, with some shepherds and their flocks still stuck astatine precocious altitudes owed to livestock pox restrictions.

Authorities person not yet allowed the animals to determination to little pastures, leaving herders to look aboriginal winter conditions successful their summertime grazing areas.

“Normally we would beryllium heading to Thessaly’s grazing lands astir this time,” said shepherd Vassilis Anthoulis from the village Samarina.

“We used to walk there and scope the destination successful astir ten to 15 days. This year, we’re still successful the mountains and the animals will apt beryllium transported by truck. We woke up to snow, and by midday the temperature was already three degrees beneath zero.”