New rules will curb illegal cattle sale: Environment ministry

May 28, 2017 10:07

The new rules banning sale and purchase of cattle at animal markets for slaughter will remove the scope of illegal sale and smuggling of bovines, besides ensuring their welfare, the environment ministry said on Saturday.

The statement of the ministry came days after it notified the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017, banning the sale and purchase of cattle at animal markets for slaughter.

It said the rules will ensure adequate facilities for housing, feeding, feed storage area and water supply for the cattle.

"The basic purpose of the rules is to ensure the welfare of the animals in the cattle markets and ensure adequate facilities for housing, feeding, feed storage area, water

supply, water troughs, ramps, enclosures for sick animals, veterinary care and proper drainage etc.," the ministry said.

To facilitate this, two committees have been constituted -- the District Animal Market Monitoring Committee for registration of the animal markets and the Animal Market Committee -- at the local authority level for the management of the markets, it added.

The ministry said in the rules, it was envisaged that the welfare of the cattle sold at the markets would be ensured and that only healthy animals were traded for agriculture purposes.

The livestock markets were intended to become hubs for animal trade for agriculture through this process and animals for slaughter would have to be bought from the farmers, it added.

"The notified rules will remove the scope of illegal sale and smuggling of the cattle which is a major concern.

"The specific provisions apply only to animals which are bought and sold at the notified livestock markets and animals seized as case properties. These rules do not cover the other areas," the ministry said.

The new rules also prohibit the establishment of an animal market within 25 kms of a state border and within 50 kms of the international border.

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