Armed conflicts cause profound disruption to livestock farming, leaving animals without care, feed, or veterinary access while also creating refugee situations for working animals.
Animals in conflict zones are invisible victims whose suffering rarely features in humanitarian response planning. Farm animals left without care die from starvation, disease, or injury. Working animals may be requisitioned or abandoned by fleeing owners. The collapse of veterinary systems leaves injured animals without treatment. Integration of animal welfare into humanitarian response frameworks is both an ethical imperative and a practical necessity for supporting affected human communities who depend on animals.