Question

'Rearing sheep is livestock'. Justify this statement.

Answer 1

Livestock is characterized as the maintenance, care, and reproduction of farm animals. There are many physical, environmental, and socio-economic factors affecting livestock. Regions with large temperature variations, topography, and precipitation are known to be unfit for livestock farming.

Complete answer:
If one travels to the hills of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Arunachal Pradesh, and Sikkim, or to the plains of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat, one can see the shepherds grazing their herds of sheep. Sheep are herbivores and grass and leaves are preferred. Along with grazing sheep, rearers are often provided food as a mixture of various pulses, corn, jowar, and oil cakes (material left after seed oil) which are rich in minerals. Sheep are kept indoors in winter and are supplemented with leaves, grain, and dry food. Sheep have been farmed for wool in many parts of our world.
The wool comes from sheep, goats, yaks, and other species. These wool-bearing animals have fur in their skins. Some breeds of sheep have a thick coat of fur on their body that contains large quantities of high-quality wool. These sheep are the ones "Selectively bred" with one parent being from a good-breed sheep. When the dense hair growth of the bred sheep is completed, the hair is shaved off to get the fur.
For many people in our country, the wool industry is a crucial means of subsistence. But work of a sorter is risky since a bacterium, anthrax, which causes a fatal blood disease called sorter disease, also infects them. Such risks to workers in all industries are referred to as workplace hazards.

Note: Animal husbandry is the practice of livestock farming. It refers to animal welfare, breeding, and livestock management. The farm is a large-scale undertaking in which food-producing animals are raised, reared, housed, and cared for in a farm or in regions specifically built for them. Cattle farming has been introduced by animal husbandry.