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Drought drives cattle to Bangla slaughterhouses
Thousands of cattle being driven away in all directions of the country and some crossing the borders to end up in Bangladesh. Farmers of drought-hit parched lands in Telangana and Maharashtra are making a desperate sale to the agents coming from as far as West Bengal and Bangladesh.
​Visakhapatnam: Thousands of cattle being driven away in all directions of the country and some crossing the borders to end up in Bangladesh. Farmers of drought-hit parched lands in Telangana and Maharashtra are making a desperate sale to the agents coming from as far as West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Visakha Society for Protection and Care of Animals (VSPCA), which has been monitoring the movement of cattle along with German-based Animals Angels, caught hold of a container truck that was carrying 25 large-sized bulls at Anandapuram junction about 30 km from Vizag late on Sunday night.
Three persons involved in illegal animal trade fled away from the spot and another two were taken into custody by the Anandapuram police. One was found to be a trader from Bangladesh.
Founder president of VSPCA Pradeep Nath, who runs the Asia’s biggest animal rescue centre in Vizag, said that when they opened the container, one bull was found dead, another on the verge of death due to dehydration and another broke its spine.
“We immediately treated the animals and send them to VSPCA run animal rescue centre at Araku Valley as the two shelters in the city were packed with over 750 cattle,’’ Nath told The Hans India. The government should take initiative to protect them as they were healthy and can be put to domestic use, he said.
Under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, the rules are strict for transportation of all kinds of animals. In Andhra Pradesh, the law states that no cow, nor her progeny; no buffalo progenies; and no pregnant ones (buffalo or cow) may be slaughtered.
While transporting animals, all rules must be followed, and they must have a valid certificate from a veterinarian. The rules require halting vehicle for water and feed. Not more than six large animals in a lorry can be transported or about 12 for smaller calves, Nath said.
“But some times more than 40 cattle are being loaded into one truck and transported to thousands of kilometres without food or water,’’ the animal activist said. These seized cattle were procured from Telangana and Maharashtra where early drought had set in.
