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In 2005, Pakistan experienced a sudden rise to record high temperatures during a short spell of time, touching 52o Celsius (125.6o Fahrenheit) in some parts. Earlier this year, the areas had received record snowfalls on the northern mountain peaks, recharging the glaciers.
The sudden rise in temperature resulted in an exaggerated snow melts in the Nstan. This resulted in very high level of flash floods in all rivers of the North West Frontier orthern Areas of PakiProvince (NWFP) and the Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA).

The rivers Kabul, Swat and Indus, along with received this untimely flood of that high level, the area normally receiving flood during July-August, after the summer monsoon. The cumulative effect of these swollen rivers and flood was ultimately passed on to the southern part. This resulted in massive devastation and large scale displacements of local populations.

BRC carried out an assessment of affected regions in Federally Administered Northern Areas, and in districts of Multan and Layyah. BRC’s initial assessment reports indicated that hundreds of animals of livestock were at risk of perishing due to starvation and epidemics of diseases in the remote flood affected areas of Pakistan.

BRC’s team coordinated with local authorities and general public and delivered antibiotics, pain killers and food supplements to cattle, sheep and goat flocks through treatment camps, set and visited by local and experienced veterinarians. Hundreds of Livestock heads, stranded at different areas of Charsadda, Nowshehra, Peshawar (NWFP), Layyah and Multan (Punjab), were also provided with emergency veterinary treatment and fodder. UN estimated that about 400,000 people and a much higher number of the livestock heads were affected by these floods.

Northern Areas

The centre constituted five teams, which established 12 relief camps in different parts of the flood effected districts of Gilgit, Naltan happer, Danyon, Baseen, Ushkan Das, Raheem Abad, Gulmit (Wazeerabad), Shakhindas, Barsat, Khizar, Astore. The teams could treat and cure 9,098 livestock heads, falling in following categories.

Type of animal	Number
Calves	267
Cows	886
Dog	1
Donkey	59
Goat	5746
Horse	53
Ox	5
Sheep	2037
Yak	44
Total	9098

Northern Western Frontier Province

A total of 11 camps were established in the province, covering the districts of Takhtabad,Qila Ghani Khan, Baila Naguman, Sawabi (Allah Deer Baila), Charsadda (Surdaryab, Hassan Khail, Ghurnabak, Tordhub, Gulabad) and Nowshehra (Kukey Kaka, Daghoon). Our teams succeeded in treating 7644 and provided fodder for 4115 animals of different categories.

Type of animal	Number
Buffalo	1790
Calves	456
Camel	61
Poultary	186
cows	2837
Donkey	243
Goat	1552
Horse	73
Ox	33
Sheep, Lamb	413
Total	7644

Fodder distributed to animals:

Area	Camp # 1	Camp # 2	Camp # 3	Camp # 4
No of animals provided With fodder	1042	1198	795	1080
Total				4115

Punjab

A total of 11 camps were organized in Layyah, Muzaffargarh, and D.G.Khan, district of the Punjab. During the relief operation, treatment was provided to 3081 and fodder for 1248 animals at different relief camps in the Punjab.

A summary of animals treated:

Animal	Number
Sheep	775
Goat	1149
Cow	610
Buffalo	216
Camel	24
Donkey	49
Horse	29
Calves	217
Ox	42
Total	7644

Summary of fodder provide to different animals in Punjab:

Area	Disst: layya	Kunal nasheb	Chowk azam	Basti ghato	Chak 161	Gujrat (town )	DG. Khan	Total
No of animals Provided with Fodder	80	110	55	136	150	67	180	_
Area	Nota	KotChatta	Haji Ghazi Sharki	Bait Rawanjan	_	_	_	_
No of animals provided with fodder	93	59	108	210	_	_	_	1248