Bujanovac – Bajram Beciri has over 300 sheep and lambs, which he relocated from the village of Biljaca to the nearby village of Bratoselci, so that they could graze at the local pastures and meadows in the village where there are only 20 people.
Bujanovac – Bajram Beciri has over 300 sheep and lambs, which he relocated from the village of Biljaca to the nearby village of Bratoselci, so that they could graze at the local pastures and meadows in the village where there are only 20 people.
The village of Bratoselci is about a kilometer and a half away from the Corridor 10 highway near Bujanovac, but regardless of that, the village is without a road, water, school, shops and everything else that that ensures decent living conditions for humans in the 21st century.
People moved from here a long time ago in search of a better life, so that the village is spookily deserted. There are only a few households here, in which about twenty people live.
The monotony of the neglected Serbian village was broken by Bajram Beciri, who first rented, and then bought the neglected households and brought his sheep.
“I love sheep since they are my way of taking a break from other jobs and everyday life. I firstly started with a smaller herd, and as the number of head increased, I expanded the barns as well. I firstly rented the abandoned farms, and then I bought some of them. I received incentives from the state for the development of livestock-breeding, so that when I “add and subtract” everything, there is some material perspective for me at the moment. There is no water here, so I bring water tanks. There is a well in the center of the village from which we all take water, but it is primarily for people, although we also use it for the cattle. I have two workers who take care of my sheep and lambs, as well as dogs, which are working dogs that are in charge of driving the herd ", Mr. Beciri says.
Mr. Beciri gets along with his new neighbors extremely well. They all live from farming, livestock -breeding and vegetable – growing.
The fields are situated a little lower, near the highway, where the land is fertile, but here in the hills, it is infertile and in short supply.
Mr. Beciri hopes that someone else from this area will decide for a job like his one, because, as he himself puts it, sheep farming pays off.
Mr. Beciri's sheep, in a way, revived this village, which is mostly populated by elderly people.
Source: OK Radio, Telegraph and Coordination Body