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Saudi Arabia sources festival livestock from Africa

04/11/2011

To meet the requirements of the Eid-al-Adha festival, Saudi Arabia is reported to have brought large numbers of animals into the country from Africa. For example, in the week leading up to the festival, the 2011 dates for which are November 6-9, more than three million head of sheep arrived in Saudi Arabia from Sudan and Somalia. The head of...

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