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Govt has received many representations on cattle sale rules

The ministry had recently notified the stringent Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017 under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, banning the sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter.

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Govt has received many representations on cattle sale rules
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The environment ministry has received several representations on the recent ban on sale and purchase of cattle for slaughter from animal markets, and it is in the the process of studying them.

The ministry said this today, after some media reports suggested that it was considering a revisit to its order to exclude buffaloes from the new restrictions.

The ministry had recently notified the stringent Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017 under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, banning the sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter.

"We have received several representations. We are studying them. As of now, no decision has been taken," a top environment ministry official told

 

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