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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The male calves are sold to slaughter houses by the dairies, which is an illegal practice and a violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Slaughter House) Rules, 2001. In 21 dairies none of the male calves survived as they were neglected since birth, eight establishments releases them on the road, two sell them to villagers for farming and one sends them to gaushalas. Older cattle (cows) which are not able to produce milk anymore are released on the road and buffalos are sold to slaughter houses.
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Rampant and indiscriminate use of banned hormones such as Oxytocin for increasing the milk production was observed in almost all dairies.
All these findings indicate the outright violation of all existent laws, guidelines and rules meant for the protection of animal interests. Some of these are: The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Registration of Cattle Premises) Rules, 1978, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Transport of Animal Amendment - 2009) Act, 1978, Food Safety Act, 2006, Guidelines of the sub-scheme Special Programme for Dairy Development as a part of National Mission for Protein Supplements under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture and Department of Animal Husbandry advisory dated 2nd December, 2014 on use of antibiotics on food producing animals, Technical guidelines to states for implementation of various components of centrally sponsored scheme "Livestock health and Disease Control" by the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and the Rajasthan Municipal Act, 2009.