Assam bans ‘unlawful killing or sacrifice of cows, calves, camels’ on Bakrid

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GUWAHATI: The Assam executive has issued a typical working process to thwart the unlawful killing or sacrifice of cows/calves, camels and different animals at the instance of ‘Bakrid’.

In an order, the state’s House division directed all deputy commissioners (DCs) and superintendents of police (SPs) to do so in opposition to the offenders.

“I’m directed to surround herewith a duplicate of letter…dated seventh June, 2022 at the side of its enclosures gained from the Secretary, Animal Welfare Board of India, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Executive of India referring to preventing of unlawful killing/sacrifice of cows/calves, camels and different animals and taking motion in opposition to the offenders for violation of Delivery of Animals Regulations at the instance of Bakrid and request you to seem into the topic and take vital motion inside your jurisdictional space accordingly,” the order to the DCs and the SPs reads.

The present Assam Livestock Preservation Act, 2021 bans the shipping of farm animals from side to side the state in addition to inside the state and the sale or be offering of pork or pork merchandise in any space predominantly inhabited through non-beef-eating communities.