Judgement Dealing With Subject Of Slaughter Of Animals In Light Of Indian Constitution

SR No.: 269193
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: C K Chaturvedi
Publisher: Akhil Bharat Krishi Go Seva Sangh
Total Pages: 40
Language: English
Classification: Article
File Size: 8 MB

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floods and other natural calamities. Wild life is facing its extinction already, despite official policy ard efforts to preserve it, and the list of protected species is being increased everyday These domostic animals are being killed for ostensibly food purposes. But many other small animals and various other living creatures are being killed for non-edibie uses as well, for experiments, for cosmetic products, for their bones or hoins, for delicacies, entertainment and other known and unknown purposes. Confining ourselves to the livestock population, a question arises as to what is the number of killings. Is there any data? Though, the number can be imagined to be alarmingly high Is this numbers within the regenerative capacity of the animals kingdom? It is to be kept in mind that these animals have a nature controlled mating period unlike human beings. Their age is not much. Potentially reproductive capable females are also slaughtered, which reversly affects the total regenerative potential. Young ones are also slaughtered. The search for the relevant data in this regard takes one to Governmen! publication of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research under the title "Wealth of India, Vol.lv, Livestock Population."
39. Recently. 'India Today' (July 31st, 1992) made an investigative report on cattle trading for slaughter o cows for bee!. The current export policy does not permit export of beel. The report disclosed illicit trade of India's prime animal resource-cow along the National Highway No.2. Syed Raja is the centre of a high profit, low profile trade in-cows. The people here are involved in catering to the increasing demand for beef from the Middle East. It is reported that over 3000 quintal of meat is sent to Middle East per day. Nearly 5000 trucks loads of cattle from Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh slip through the place called Syed Raja at Bihar Border. It is reporteu that last year 9 lakhs heads of cattle were smuggled and yielded more than Rs. 700 crores. The destination of all the cattle is Calculla. It is reported that beef is processed in Ghaziabad factories. 1: is reported that the yields in the low risk business are good. It is estimated that the meat from a cow or bull bought for around Rs. 1200/- here would fetch between Fis. 14.000/- and Rs. 18.000/in Dubai.
40 It is reported that prior lu ile amendmenis in Prevention o! Cow Slaughter Act 1955, slaughter of unproductive 15 year old cows and bulls was within the bounds of law.now even that has been proscribed. The amended Act has expanded the definition of cow to include even Oxen and Calves. This is a boon for Cattles Smugglers, because the meat of Calf fetches twice the price of ordinary bec:
41. While Buffaloes and Bullocks constitute the most slaughtered tribe, it is reported that Camel, which is really the Ship of the desert, and without which the great Rajasthan Canal would have been impossible. is being transported for killing from desert state to Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (Reference Amita Singh in Hindustan Times, July 5, 1992). The same report also speaks for sheep and goats and frogs. It is reported that slaughter rate of sheep and goals is 35% to 40%, which is alarmingly high for a country where the pastoral nomads constitute 7% of the population, and a large number of women dominated cottage industries are wholly dependent on these animals. Goat has been described as WET NURSE in European countries. It is reported that pigs now are slaughtered at such a high rate that indigeneous varities of pigs have become extinct. It is reported thai 100 million frogs every year are killed to serve as delicacies to the Europeans. Even the Elephants are under threat by organised poaching and project elephants was launched by Ministry of Environment and Forest, 10 conserve it. The Hindustan Times (May 2, 1992) reported repetitive experiments on animals such as monkeys, and efforts of Ministry of Environment to control these. It is reported that now it is not being taken seriously. It is reported that, in the meantine animals are killed mercilessly. cut, boiled, skinned alive, scaled. ripped apart. broken, flayed. blinded battered traumatised. drugged isolated, starved and systematically inflicted by diseases. chemicals and injury.all in the name of Research.