In the nearby district of Umm Khashm, the number of water buffalo fell from 15,000 to 9,000 over five years, said local mayor Meshtaq Sebar.
Khaled Shemal, a spokesman for Iraq's ministry of water resources, said Najaf province received about 40 percent of its usual share of water this year.
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