And pity the poor animals, whose pastures are covered by ice.
27 July 2015 – The most affected cities are Pampas, Acobamba and the capital, which have suffered several weeks of terrible frost reaching up to minus ten degrees Celsius.
According Consuelo Castro Salazar, Regional Director of Health of Huancavelica, the intense cold has killed 35 adults and 7 children under five years old.
Alpacas die
In addition, thousands of alpacas suffer the ravages of frost. From January to date 24 000 babies have died because ice covers the pastures and food is very scarce for animals.
Paco Antonio Quispe 75, said frosts are stronger this year than in previous years. With great sorrow he sees smaller alpacas killed as a result of low temperatures in his small room located near the city of Santa Ana in the province of Castrovirreyna in Huancavelica.
A sheet of ice sits on the fields and houses and covers the animals feed. The cities of Huancavelica, Pampas, Acobamba, Yauli, Lircay, Huando, are most affected.
This is just the beginning, because the cold will continue until August and first week of September.
“The region is buying medicines and shelters for alpacas, the regional government of Huancavelica been installing sheds to shelter alpacas, but the sheer number of farmers prevents us to help everyone,” says Saul Ramos, regional director of camels in Huancavelica.
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