Over 22.77 lakh surplus sacrificial animals in country for Eid-ul-Azha

sacrificial animals surplus

Livestock officials and experts claimed that there is no shortage of sacrificial animals for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha which is scheduled to be held in next week as over 1.29 crore animals are ready for the upcoming qurbani festival.
The estimated demand of livestock this year has been set 1.07 crore while almost 22.77 lakh livestock are surplus after fulfilling the actual demand of the sacrificial animals this year for the qurbani during the Eid-ul-Azha, according to the statistics released by the divisional livestock department.
"We have no shortage of the livestock to meet the people demand for the upcoming Eid as the country has 22 lakh 77 thousand and 973 additional number of livestock after fulfilling the quarbani demand", Director (production) Dr ABM Khaleduzzaman of the Department of Livestock Services (DLS).
Every year sacrificial animals demand usually is fixed by adding five percent extra of animals with the number of animals slaughtered in previous year.