J&K officials seek ban on illegal killing of cows, camels on Bakrid next week

The J&K Animal/Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries department has sought a ban on illegal killing of cows and camels on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha in the Union territory scheduled next week.

Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have sought a ban on illegal killing of cows and camels on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha in the Union territory scheduled next week. In a communication addressed to the divisional commissioners and IGPs of Jammu as well as Kashmir, the J&K Animal/Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries department has called for banning slaughter of cows, calves, and camels on the occasion of the Muslim festival during which sacrificing sheep, cows, calves and camels is an important ritual.