Flying Cows to Qatar Is One Man’s Way to Beat the Saudis
With 4,000 animals arriving on 60 flights, a Doha businessman is creating a local dairy industry.
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Call it the biggest bovine airlift in history.
The showdown between Qatar and its neighbors has disrupted trade, split families and threatened to alter long-standing geopolitical alliances. It’s also prompted one Qatari businessman to fly 4,000 cows to the Gulf desert in an act of resistance and opportunity to fill the void left by a collapse in the supply of fresh milk.