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PROBLEM FOUR / RECKLESS SLAUGHTER FOR BEEF AND INDIGENOUS (DESI) COW NOW ENDANGERED
Some Shocking Facts
IN 2016, AS PER THE
REPORT OF EXPORT
GENIUS, INDIA IS THE
LARGEST BEEF EXPORTER
IN THE WORLD FOLLOWED
BY BRAZIL AND AUSTRALIA
INDIA HAS REGISTERED
EXPORT VALUE OF 3680
MILLION USD BY BEEF
EXPORTS FROM
WORLD’S OUTPUT (19886
MILLION USD)
ABOUT 30,000 ILLEGAL
AND 3600 LEGAL
SLAUGHTERHOUSES ARE
OPERATING IN INDIA
ONE MAY EASILY
GET A 'FIT-TO-
SLAUGHTER'
CERTIFICATE FROM
THE GOVT. TO KILL
THE OLD COWS
EVEN DURING THE
MUGHAL RULE,
COW KILLING WAS
BANNED IN INDIA
INDIGENOUS CATTLE
POPULATION HAS FALLEN BY
8.9% COMPARED TO
CROSS-BRED COWS &
BUFFALOS WHICH HAS GONE UP
BY 28.8% & 8% RESPECTIVELY
KERALA, WEST
BENGAL,
ARUNACHAL
PRADESH,
MIZORAM,
MEGHALAYA,
NAGALAND,
TRIPURA AND
SIKKIM ARE THE
STATES WHERE
THERE ARE NO
RESTRICTIONS ON
COW SLAUGHTER
Source: Export Genius, Agriculture Ministry’s latest Livestock Census (2012), Wikipedia