The Effect of Climate Change and Global Warming on Animal Welfare in Pakistan

Abstract

Pakistan is an agricultural country and its economy especially in rural areas mostly depends on the agriculture production including livestock sector output. Livestock provides food security in both urban and rural and urban areas and helps to reduce poverty by selling animals and their food products. However, because Pakistan has a tropical climate, so it is more affected by climate change. This climate change directly or indirectly affects the Livestock sector. In this article we discuss how livestock is an important sector in terms of food security and economically beneficial in Pakistan. These climate change factors involve water scarcity, heat stress, drought stress and floods which can decrease the livestock production. Livestock products include milk, butter, meat and eggs will also decrease automatically which leads to the loss of food security. Climate change also can cause many diseases and mortalities in animals which leads to great economy loss for rural families in Pakistan. It also affects the feed sources of livestock like deficiency in grass nutrient level and loss of vitamins and minerals in crops productivity and quality. There should be proper management and strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change and to increase livestock production in Pakistan.