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Bakrid: Pandemic casts shadow over sheep sales in city
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Bakrid: Pandemic casts shadow over sheep sales in city

July 9, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: With just a few days remaining for Bakrid Festival, COVID pandemic has cast a shadow over the sale of sheep as the sales have remained dull with sheep traders, who had brought their livestock to city waiting for customers. The LIC Circle in city, which used to be a spot of hectic activity with…

Pack of dogs raid sheep pen, kill 12
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Pack of dogs raid sheep pen, kill 12

May 19, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: A pack of dogs, which raided a sheep pen on Monday midnight, have killed 12 sheep besides injuring about five of them. The incident took place at the sheep pen belonging to farmer Narayan at Janata Layout in Kadakola village of the taluk. Though Narayan heard the barking of dogs and bleating of sheep,…

Sheep traders lean on cyber world to meet Bakrid demand
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Sheep traders lean on cyber world to meet Bakrid demand

July 25, 2020

Less crowd in traditional markets in city that are usually teeming with buyers and animal sellers Traders report lack of sales during COVID times; even regular customers shying to come out for open trade Mysore/Mysuru: With less than 10 days to go for Bakrid, bleating of goats has been resonating in the cyber world and…

After leopard, stray dogs pack kill 10 sheep at Hanagod
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After leopard, stray dogs pack kill 10 sheep at Hanagod

June 3, 2020

Hunsur: The residents of Kanagalu village and surrounding places at Hanagod hobli in Hunsur taluk, who were living in a state of fear following killing of their livestock by leopard, now have another animal to be feared as a pack of stray dogs killed 10 sheep at Kanagalu village yesterday afternoon. One Nagegowda had left…

They groom sheep well  to fetch a good price
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They groom sheep well to fetch a good price

August 11, 2019

From snipping of body hair to giving head massage and brushing the hair, they do it all to make their sheep look attractive By Shadan Muneer Festivities are in the air. Monsoon has ushered in the season of festivities for people of all faiths and it is raining celebrations. The city is gearing up for…

Landmark Millennium Circle turning out a Sheep Pen
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Landmark Millennium Circle turning out a Sheep Pen

August 1, 2019

Mysuru: Many readers have written to Star of Mysore about the busy LIC Circle near the Torchlight Parade Grounds on the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Road turning into a sheep pen. “Lately I have observed that lot of sheep selling vendors gather there with their herd of animals and they have literally turned the spot into a…

Welcome to Sheep City
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Welcome to Sheep City

August 1, 2019

Like they say, good fences and good gates make good goats, good sheep will fetch you good returns… By V. Shourabh [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] It is that time of the year and the season of festivity begins with Bakrid which will be most likely celebrated on Aug. 11 or 12. Bakrid or Eid…

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