Bangladesh: More sacrificial animals in the country than demand

There are more animals for sacrifice in the country than the demand, said Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim. "Haats (cattle market) cannot be built on roads. However, sacrificial animals can be bought and sold anywhere. Various surveys have revealed that there is a demand for 10,394,739 sacrificial animals this time. There are 12,536,333 sacrificial animals in the country. Here is a surplus of 2,141,594 animals over the demand," the minister said after an inter-ministerial meeting at the Secretariat on Wednesday (14 June). Last year the number of animals to be sacrificed was 1 crore 2,124,389, and the number of sacrificed cattle was 9,921,941, the minister added. "This time, 4,843,752 cows and buffaloes, 7,690,000 goats and sheep and 2,581 other species of cattle are among the animals that can be sacrificed. "In the past sacrificial animals were only sold in haats. However, since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, sacrificial animals have been sold on the ...