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Pandurang Khondre’s daughter-in-law shows a photo on her smartphone of their late ox, Khandya, who succumbed to Lumpy skin disease / credit: Sanket Jain

‘All We Got Was More Debt’: Lumpy Skin Disease Kills Cattle, Adding to Financial Struggles of India’s Poor

Sanket Jain February 28, 2023 Sanket Jain

Climate change impacts and an epidemic of Lumpy skin disease killing cattle have forced many rural Indians to flee their homes in search of another source of income and take on loans for living expenses. Sanket Jain reports from the countryside of the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

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