El Nino and drought take a toll on Zimbabwe's cattle

By Marko Phiri TSHOLOTSHO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Justin Dlomo watches his small herd of emaciated cattle scrounge for bits of dry grass with a growing sense of dread. Worsening drought in Zimbabwe has dried up water holes, crops and pasture, leaving farmers like 56-year-old Dlomo, who lives about 120 kilometres north of Bulawayo, unable to feed their animals – and unable to sell them for much either. Better that than watch the cattle die," Dlomo told Thomson Reuters Found