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SRINAGAR: The J&K administration on Friday clarified that there was no ban in the Union territory on bovine slaughter, in accordance with the rules, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha.
Principal secretary (animal & sheep husbandry), Naveen Kumar Choudhary said the “advisory” issued earlier has been misquoted as a ban order. “It is just an advisory, not a ban order and it has been issued by the Animal Welfare Board asking the concerned to comply with animal laws and the same has been forwarded by the director planning,” he said.
The clarification comes after several Muslim bodies across the valley strongly protested an order issued earlier by the Animal Welfare Board, seeking to prohibit illegal killing of cows and camels on Eid-ul-Adha. In a communication addressed to divisional commissioners and IGPs of Jammu as well as Kashmir, the J&K Animal and Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries Department had sought a ban on illegal killing of cows, calves, camels on the occasion of the Muslim festival.
“The Animal Welfare Board of India, in view of animal welfare has requested for implementation of all precautionary measures to strictly implement the Animal Welfare Laws viz. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960; Transport of Animal Welfare Rules, 1978; Transport of Animals (Amendment) Rules, 2001; Slaughter House Rules, 2001; Municipal Laws & Food Safety & Standards Authority of India directions for slaughtering of animals (under which camels cannot be slaughtered) during the festival,” the communication read.
Mufti Azam Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam said, even otherwise Kashmiri Muslims do not sacrifice cows or camels on Eid-ul-Adha because of the cultural traditions. “So, there was no need for raising such an issue at the time when the country requires development and should focus on other larger issues,” he said.
Principal secretary (animal & sheep husbandry), Naveen Kumar Choudhary said the “advisory” issued earlier has been misquoted as a ban order. “It is just an advisory, not a ban order and it has been issued by the Animal Welfare Board asking the concerned to comply with animal laws and the same has been forwarded by the director planning,” he said.
The clarification comes after several Muslim bodies across the valley strongly protested an order issued earlier by the Animal Welfare Board, seeking to prohibit illegal killing of cows and camels on Eid-ul-Adha. In a communication addressed to divisional commissioners and IGPs of Jammu as well as Kashmir, the J&K Animal and Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries Department had sought a ban on illegal killing of cows, calves, camels on the occasion of the Muslim festival.
“The Animal Welfare Board of India, in view of animal welfare has requested for implementation of all precautionary measures to strictly implement the Animal Welfare Laws viz. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960; Transport of Animal Welfare Rules, 1978; Transport of Animals (Amendment) Rules, 2001; Slaughter House Rules, 2001; Municipal Laws & Food Safety & Standards Authority of India directions for slaughtering of animals (under which camels cannot be slaughtered) during the festival,” the communication read.
Mufti Azam Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam said, even otherwise Kashmiri Muslims do not sacrifice cows or camels on Eid-ul-Adha because of the cultural traditions. “So, there was no need for raising such an issue at the time when the country requires development and should focus on other larger issues,” he said.
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