{"id":116213,"date":"2024-12-01T16:45:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T13:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/116213\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarus-sees-sharp-decline-in-cattle-population","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/116213\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus sees sharp decline in cattle population"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 1, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> All regions of Belarus reported a decrease in the number of cattle in January\u2013October 2024 as compared with the same period of 2023, according to the National Statistical Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of November 1, the Brest region reported 854,686 head of cattle (-2.1 percent); Viciebsk region, 490,939 (-2.5 percent); Homiel region, 596,026 (-2.6 percent); Hrodna region, 681,483 (-2.4 percent); Minsk region, 911,388 (-2.9 percent); and Mahilo\u016d region, 493,327 (-4.7 percent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cattle population has decreased by 22.3 percent over 29 years to 4.2 million on January 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has repeatedly criticized farmers for the conditions in which they keep livestock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 25, Deputy Prosecutor General Alaksiej Stuk said that most crimes in the agro-industrial complex were related to &#8220;concealing the deaths of cattle and thefts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Selchoziajsvo_archive_pozirk_1128-7349-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Selchoziajsvo_archive_pozirk_1128-7349-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Selchoziajsvo_archive_pozirk_1128-7349-734x487.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Selchoziajsvo_archive_pozirk_1128-7349-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Selchoziajsvo_archive_pozirk_1128-7349-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Selchoziajsvo_archive_pozirk_1128-7349.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Interior ministry set to combat crime, alcoholism in rural areas<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 18, Pozirk. The interior ministry intends to deploy police patrols to rural areas amid reports that countryside accounts for every fifth economic crime despite the falling crime rates across Belarus, its press office reported. The move comes two days &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/80584\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 1, Pozirk. All regions of Belarus reported a decrease in the number of cattle in January\u2013October 2024 as compared with the same period of 2023, according to the National Statistical Committee. 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