State Of Dairy Cattle Rajasthan Report

Author(s): Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations
Publisher: Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations

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ANNEXURE
1. Guidelines for inspection of dairies
THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS [REGISTRATION OF CATTLE PREMISES) RULES, 1978 lays out the conditions for registration of premises used for dairy business, also there are some basic conditions that need to be maintained in cattle premises for welfare of cattle which can be inspected with the help of questionnaire.
The present document lays out the steps to collect comprehensive information on dairies in your area. The aim of this document is to record the cruel conditions of dairies in which cattle are kept and violation of laws. Apart from that data on their registration, number of animals, welfare provisions, and management regime need to be collected.
Steps for inspection of dairies:
Organise a common meeting of all the people who are interested in participating in the inspection.
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Identify the areas geographically where dairies are situated and can be inspected.
Decide the no. of dairies that need to be inspected. Based on that, form teams of two volunteers each.
Allocate dairies for each team to inspect, covering all geographic areas.
Pre inspection preparation:
The inspection team needs to have the following ready at least 1 day prior to the scheduled inspection
One camera/ phone with camera
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Explain the nature of data that needs to be captured in the inspection (see dairy investigation questionnaire)
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Memory card in phone/camera with at least 4GB free space.
Questionnaire printed on A4 paper in landscape format
Blank A4 sheets to make notes
News paper of current date
How to conduct inspection:
Inspection team members to meet at a pre decided location, with the above equipment/papers, before proceeding to the dairy
Start the conversation with the dairy owner and explain to them that you want some information about dairies.
Follow an informal course of conversation to cover all points mentioned in the questionnaire.
One person to take charge of conversation and the other to collect photos and videos of the dairy. Person who is taking photos and videos to stay behind the one who is asking the
questions.
Guidelines for video and photo documentation