The Provincial Veterinary Office of Negros Occidental has distributed P2.4 million worth of farm animals to 618 livestock raising individuals and groups in 17 towns and seven cities from January to June this year through the Negros First Animal Dispersal program.

This was disclosed yesterday by Cathyrine Narez, Negros First Animal Dispersal program coordinator, who added that they were able to distribute a total of 5,894 livestock animals for the first six months of 2014.

Of the 5,894 livestock animals distributed, 220 of which are piglets all valued at P48,400, 52 swines all valued at P424,000, 25 carabaos all valued at P85,000, 7 high-breed goats all valued at P56,000 and the rest are free-range and ready-to-lay  chickens, all valued at P1.7 million, Narez said.

She said the recipients are from the towns of Calatrava, Toboso, Manapla, E.B. Magalona, Murcia, Don Salvador Benedicto, Valladolid, San Enrique, Pontevedra, La Castellana, Binalbagan, Ilog, Cuayan, Candoni, Hinigaran and Hinoba-an and the cities of San Carlos, Sagay, Cadiz, Victorias, Silay,  Talisay, Bago, Himamaylan and Kabankalan.

Narez said that, of all the cities Sagay received the most farm animals  with 2,975 distributed to 12 livestock raising individuals and organizations while Murcia, with 54 recipients, got 857 farm animals, the biggest number for a town.

The Negros First Animal Dispersal program, a brain-child of Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon is aimed at safeguarding food security in the province and alleviate poverty.

Under the program, beneficiaries do not get the animals for free as they have to pay back with the same number dispersed to them that will also be distributed to other raisers a year after.

Paravets are stationed in each LGU to conduct animal monitoring, vaccination, and deworming.*APN

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