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Implementation of cow slaughter ban bill a tough task for Maharashtra government, say experts

The state government may have succeeded in getting president Pranab Mukherjee's assent one of the longest-pending pieces of legislation to ban slaughter of bulls and oxen, but it may have a herculean task on its hands when it comes to implementing the ban.

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The state government may have succeeded in getting president Pranab Mukherjee's assent one of the longest-pending pieces of legislation to ban slaughter of bulls and oxen, but it may have a herculean task on its hands when it comes to implementing the ban.

While the killing of cows and calves (both male and female) is already banned under the Animal Preservation Act, 1976, the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 1995, which was approved during the tenure of the erstwhile Shiv Sena and BJP-led state government, had sought to extend it ban to bulls and bullocks. Mukherjee granted his assent to the Bill which has been pending for almost two decades.

However, apart from protests by farmer organisations and veterinarians, who point to how the already stressed farmers will face more financial trouble due to the need to take care of their unproductive livestock, a report of a committee under senior state government officials points to the difficulty of the task.

The committee, which consisted of the commissioner, animal husbandry, and others, noted that the authorised abattoirs in Maharashtra slaughtered around 3 lakh unproductive bulls. "Since, these unproductive bulls cannot be slaughtered once the law is enforced, it will be the responsibility of the government to take care of them," said the committee, adding that farmers sold unproductive animals to slaughter houses because they could not afford to take care of them.

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