INDIAN MEAT TRADERS OUTRAGED BY SUDDEN GOVERNMENT EID LIVESTOCK EXPORT BAN
August 1st, 2018
INDIAN livestock exporters are up in arms after the Indian government withdrew permission to export 25,000 goats and sheep from the western state of Gujarat just before the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha.
The animals were bound for slaughter in Gulf countries as part of the festivities, which involve copious consumption of meat. But, under pressure from animal rights activists, New Delhi has suddenly withdrawn export permission, stranding the livestock in and around the port of Tuna.
Adil Noor, president of Livestock Exporters Association, Gujarat, told ...
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