Cattle imports into Sierra Leone are prohibited by the country's authorities.

PUBLIC NOTICE

REPORTED CLUSTER OF DEATHS OF CATTLE IN LIBERIA

Following confirmed reports from the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) in Liberia, through its

Field Office in Lofa County on the discovery of cluster of dead cattle in a field in Kelima

Bendu Town, Foyah District, the Ministry of Agriculture, and Food Security (MAFS) and

partners in Sierra Leone would like to institute the following preventive measures with

immediate effect:

1. TEMPORARY band of movement of cattle, goats, and sheep along the Liberia

Sierra Leone boarder.

2. Prohibit the entrance of meat and meat products from Liberia into Sierra Leone.

3. Restrict the movement of cattle, goats, and sheep from Kailahun, Kenema and

Pujehun to other districts in Sierra Leone.

4. Temporary ban the movement of meat and meat products from Kailahun,

Kenema and Pujehun to other districts in Sierra Leone.

5. Temporary closure of all livestock markets in Kailahun, Kenema and Pujehun

6. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and partners step-up surveillance in

slaughterhouses, for sick animals and humans with signs and symptoms of

anthrax in kailahun, Kenema and Pujehun.

It could be recalled that 36 cows were found dead on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in the

cow fields along the Foya- Mendekorma Highway at Kelima Bendu Town four miles from

the border with Kailahun district.

A team of coordinated inter-governmental animal health specialists under the ONE

HEALTH PLATFORM in neighboring Liberia are investigating the cause(s) of death.

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