Cattle Graveyard "Focus of Siberian Plague". Village of Avletim

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41°38’6244″N 71°58’0235″E
Anthrax is a particularly dangerous infectious disease affecting agricultural and wild animals, as well as humans, the bacteria of which can remain viable in the soil for a very long time.
In Kyrgyzstan, known and unknown cattle burial sites are ticking time bombs. According to specialists, the anthrax virus can remain dormant for up to 100 years and can become active again under favorable conditions.

Experts say that unknown foci of infection scattered across pastures and summer pastures pose a particular danger. For example, if an animal collapses while grazing, it may simply be covered with dirt, creating a dangerous hotspot. Such burials can contaminate the soil and vegetation when they come to the surface, and subsequently infect livestock. Therefore, any burial site or cattle burial ground is a ticking time bomb that requires constant monitoring.

There are about 1,400 anthrax foci in Kyrgyzstan that have been documented. Moreover, their number increases year by year. Only a small number of cattle burial sites are fenced and marked with warning signs.

Natural disasters pose a threat to anthrax burial sites and other dangerous diseases. They can trigger the activation of the disease, especially in unknown cattle burial sites.