By Maktoob
The BJP government in West Bengal on Wednesday banned public slaughter of cows, bulls, and buffaloes, while also making official certification mandatory before such animals can be slaughtered.
According to the notice issued by the West Bengal Home and Hill Affairs Department , “no person shall slaughter any animal” including cows, bulls, bullocks, buffaloes, and calves without obtaining a certificate declaring the animal “fit for slaughter.”
The certificate can only be issued if the animal is “over 14 years of age for work or breeding” or has become “permanently incapacitated due to age, injury, deformity or any incurable disease.”
The notice also states that such animals “shall be slaughtered only in a Municipal Slaughter House or any other Slaughter House identified by the local administration,” while slaughter in “any open public place” is “strictly prohibited.”
Violations under the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950 are punishable with up to six months’ imprisonment, a fine of Rs 1,000, or both.
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