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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Calves are not allowed any contact with their mothers.
FIAPO's dairy investigation in 49 dairies of four cities (Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur and Jodhpur) in the state of Rajasthan reveals this ugly truth behind the production of the liquid white gold" of India. The evidence shows indiscriminate use of banned and illegal drugs such as Oxytocin for increasing and releasing huge quantities of milk, lack of basic infrastructure, food and veterinary care for the cattle and violation of the Slaughter Rules, 2001 by selling calves as young as one month and old, infirm animals for slaughter. This situation persists mainly because all these methodologies are considered as normal and best practice in terms of economic gain and cost cutting for profits, by the dairy owners of the state.
This calls for an urgent and strict implementation of the existing laws of animal welfare and addition of better rules in areas that are not covered by the existing laws. This can be done by way of using the Dairy Code document devised by FIAPO as the guiding document to inculcate such rules which are better suited to introduce improved and humane standards in the upkeep of the dairy cattle. The introduction of dairy business as a major food production establishment and its regulation under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 will also improve the standards used for the process of milking