Question

1. Occurrence of drought affects all. What shortages are faced by the animals of the drought-affected areas?

Answer 1

• A prolonged period of no rains or very low rains causes all-around a shortage of water leading to drought.
• In drought-affected areas, the vegetation such as grass and fodder does not grow well and leads to a shortage of food for domestic animals like cows and buffaloes.
• Due to the shortage of food and fodder, many people living in drought-affected areas even migrate to other places with their domestic animals in search of food and fodder.
• Some people and domestic animals may even die of starvation.