1.   There was money to be made caring for and feeding the travelers, repairing their wagons, buying and selling them livestock.

2.   Animal movement still faces some restrictions, he said, and the markets where livestock are sold have still not completely re-opened.

3.   Livestock is often sold to pay for medications and funerals.

4.   People have cashed in their small savings of gold and sold their livestock to buy water.

5.   The dry spell is especially unforgiving for Arizona ranchers, forcing them to haul water, sell livestock and look for better pastures.

6.   Thousands of villagers have lost or sold their livestock and eaten animal fodder themselves.

7.   Usually livestock are sold in rural auction houses to ranchers, and farmers try to pay the lowest price for the best animal.

8.   It is yet another blow for farmers, who have been unable to sell their livestock because of the mad cow and foot-and-mouth crises.

9.   Kouchesfahan is an agricultural town where farmers periodically sell livestock.

10.   Relatives rallied round and sold livestock to cover hospital costs, including fuel to run a generator during the operation to amputate his arm.