Livestock trauma

Below is a picture of an aid flight coming into Kathmandu airport. These very heavy flights are now being limited as the airport is small and they fear they may damage to runway.
The logistics of getting equipment from this stage to the high Himalaya areas we are working in in Lapa and Ree is quite a headache. It is amazing to see what UMN has achieved to date.
I went to the Ministry of Agriculture here in Kathmandu again yesterday for our weekly partner meeting with other relief groups in agriculture. They are now finding that the surviving livestock have been badly shocked by the 2 earthquakes and aftershocks. The level of abortion is high, they are not feeding and are tense. A recent example of this was reported that when a helicopter came in to land in the high Himalaya some goats died on the spot (because of the noise and surprise I guess).