Based on this information, write a new short title in English: Naimoğulları: 80 farms were quarantined due to Blue Tongue disease, more than 150 animals died, there are nearly a thousand sick animals – BRTK

Mustafa Naimoğulları, President of the Animal Producers and Breeders Association, noted that “Blue Tongue disease has devastated the country, 80 farms have been quarantined, more than 150 animals have perished, and there are nearly a thousand sick animals.”

Naimoğulları, who held a press conference in the union building after holding a meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture, noted that animal producers expect a quick solution to the problems.

Naimoğulları stated that the Blue Tongue, which brought sheep farmers to their knees, came from Dipkarpaz to Nicosia, and emphasized that the pesticides that cause the disease were left to the municipalities, but this was not enough and an alarm should be raised about this issue.

Mustafa Naimoğulları said that the dead animals were left in the pen on Saturdays and Sundays, and the officials went and took the animals on Mondays. He said, “The fly that lands on the dead animal transmits the disease to other animals… This is a very serious negligence, lack of seriousness… These things are not okay.”

Naimoğulları also stated that General Agricultural Insurance should increase the compensation amount and noted that the current rate does not cover the grievances of livestock farmers.

Stating that he found around 20-25 thousand lambs and kids for butchering in the hands of small cattle producers, Naimoğulları said, “If a solution is not found to this issue within a few days, we will put the lambs and kids in valves and leave them in front of the Ministry of Agriculture. We can’t look at it, let them take it and look at it… Our phones are locked. “Neither I nor our friends in the administration can find a solution to this problem,” he said.

Stating that there has not been a single penny increase in raw milk since May 15, Mustafa Naimoğulları said, “Production cannot continue while the costs are obvious. “There is no answer to the question whether there will be an increase in raw milk or not,” he said.