In a third of cases, livestock losses were accounted for by the family eating them. In a further third of cases, the livestock was said to have died, either of disease or of hunger. In the final third, livestock was sold to buy other food or pay school fees. When asked if they expected further livestock losses this year, 33% indicated they expected some of their livestock to die of starvation, while 12% expected deaths by disease, as donkeys and goats have been dying in that area recently. A further 12 % expected to have to barter or sell goats or chickens, while 6% expected to eat some of their stock. One person expected to have to slaughter a cow for an upcoming wedding. Only around one third of families anticipate they will have no further livestock losses this year. Graph 4: showing total livestock in all households in 2010 (left column) and 2011 (right column) 250 203 200 184 153 143 150 100 50 48 44 52 41 23 22 0 cattle donkeys goats sheep chickens Graph 5: showing percentage of families that do NOT own livestock 80 70 60 50 40 30 68 62 20 10 24 24 no goats no chickens 0 no cattle 29 no donkeys