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and contemplates a ban on the slaughter of the several categories of animals specified therein, namely cows and calves and other cattle which answer the description of milch or draught cattle."
"The protection recommended by this part of the directive is confined only to cows and calves and to those animals which are presently or potentially capable or yielding milk or of doing work as draught cattle......................."
4.1. The important words to note are "those animals which are presently or potentially capable of yielding milk or doing work as draught cattle.
4.2. So far as goat is concerned even Gandhiji used to take only Goat Milk. The contribution of goats for milk in national economy is only next to cows and buffaloes. Their respective share for year 1991-92 is 41.9, 53.8 and 4.3%. Goats are also used as pack animals to some extent.
4.3. So far sheeps are concerned they also yield milk on regular basis and most of shepherd take sheep milk.
4.4. Buffaloes are regularly used for milk and also as draught animal.
4.5. Camels are unique draught animal for desert areas.
4.6.
Horses, Donkeys, Mules are well known Draught Animals
4.7. Likewise, YAK are extensively used for Milk and Draught purposes
As such all these animals should be covered and require to be protected.
4.8. By such interpolation, deletion, additions as explained in para 3 specially, which are beyond Schedule Seven lists I, II and III are nothing but deliberate attempt to perpetuate mass scale killing of innocent animals by lacs every day, apparent in phenomenal increase in production of meat, revealed in "Report of the Technical Committee of Direction for Improvement of Animal Husbandry & Dairying Statistics" by Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Ministry of Agriculture.
1976
1992 (In tonnes)
70,000
116,000
117,000
273,000
Beef & Veal
Buffalo
Mutton & Lamb
Goat
4.9 In para IV of AoB conveniently, no mention has been made as to under which list of schedule Seven they fall.
What an irony, 10 slaughter houses are planned at following places.
12,16,000
11,82,000
1,67,000
4,56,000
Assistnace is proposed to be given to government and other autonomous and semi-autonomous organisations for the establishment of modern abattoirs-cum-carcass utilisation plants near following ten airfields used by the Indian Air force.
1. Hindon 2. Gwalior 3. Ambala 4. Sirsa 5. Bareilly
6. Jodhpur 7. Tejpur 8. Adampur 9. Pune 10. Dundig
The reasons for establishing these slaughter houses are given as under :
➤to sanitize the surroundings of airfields and prevent environmental pollution
To eleminate clandestine/indiscriminate slaughter of animals in the vicinity of defence airfields
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