AR-News: (India) Concern over fall in cattle population

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

NT Bureau 
Chennai, Feb 16: 
        Illegal and unchecked slaughter of cattle across the country is 
leading to a fast decline in its population, K Babu, consultant-secretary, Animal 
Welfare Board of India, has said. 
        Speaking at a function organised in Chennai Saturday to give away 
prizes to children who had taken part in contests during the Animal Welfare 
Fortnight celebrations held last month, Babu said cattle population in the country, 
which was estimated to about 20 crore, constituted one-fourth of the total 
cattle population in the world, but this number was decreasing due to illegal 
and unchecked slaughter. 'The Constitution has laws on animal welfare. If they 
are implemented properly and enforced, cruelty to animals could be stopped', he 
said. 


full story:
http://newstodaynet.com/16feb/rf5.htm 

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