Overview
- The farm estimates about 20 million rubles in losses tied to the animals’ deaths and the costs of recovery and disposal, according to the owner.
- Divers have retrieved 780 sheep over two days from Lake Uzet, with operations still under way and no confirmed final death count.
- The flock broke through thin ice during a crossing on the lake in the Birsky District, according to official reports.
- Rescuers found one sheep alive on the ice and returned it to the owner.
- Laboratory checks found no infections and confirmed the animals were vaccinated, and authorities assess no ecological threat from the incident.