There is expected to be a significant increase in animal movements due to Eid al-Adha.
In this regard, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has taken a number of measures to achieve the desired results in the fight against contagious and epidemic animal diseases, stop illegal animal transportation, prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease due to domestic animal transportation, and prevent the transmission and spread of a disease to citizens carrying out their religious obligations in the places where sacrificial animals are sold.
Animals that have an epidemic or contagious animal disease, are not registered, do not wear ear tags and do not have a passport for cattle or a transport document for sheep and goats cannot be shipped, bought, sold or slaughtered.
The purchase and sale of sacrificial animals is not permitted outside of designated locations.
Provincial district agriculture and forestry directorates shall ensure that vehicles used to transport sacrificial animals are cleaned and disinfected before and after transportation. Excessive loading of animals on transport vehicles and the transport of animals on vehicles that may cause injury or unnecessary suffering during transport will not be permitted.
Animals to be sent as sacrificial animals are examined and checked by official veterinarians. A veterinary health report is issued for animals found healthy and interprovincial transport is permitted. Animal and vehicle owners who transport animals between provinces without a veterinary health report must act in accordance with relevant laws.
If contagious, epidemic diseases or deaths of animals of unknown origin are observed in points of sale, owners, village heads, village guards, officials such as police, gendarmerie and freelance veterinarians are obliged to report this situation to the local civil administration head or to the provincial and district directorates of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Except for direct sales by livestock farms, sacrificial animals shall be purchased and sold at animal markets and live animal exchanges, as well as at sacrificial animal sales points determined in accordance with the decisions of the Sacrifice Services Commissions, and at private establishments where sacrificial animals are slaughtered. The purchase and sale of sacrificial animals outside designated locations is not permitted.
The slaughter of animals is not permitted on streets, paths and in parks.
Citizens may slaughter their sacrificial animals in an appropriate and environmentally friendly manner in cities and towns, in slaughterhouses that have received conditional approval and certification from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, in slaughterhouses designated by the Sacrifice Services Commission, and in their own gardens in villages and places where there is no designated slaughter site. The slaughter of sacrificial animals is not permitted in public areas such as avenues, streets and parks.
Necessary precautions will be taken to prevent waste, blood and other organs from causing environmental pollution at the sacrifice sites. Diseased organs of slaughtered animals, waste resulting from slaughter, as well as livers and lungs must never be given to domestic or wild animals, particularly because of the risk of hydatid cysts.
Ear tags of sacrificial animals of cattle, sheep and goats slaughtered in slaughterhouses shall be destroyed and deleted from the database of slaughtered animals in accordance with the procedures and principles established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Passports of cattle are delivered to the nearest provincial and district directorate of agriculture and forestry within 7 days of the date of slaughter.
Ear tags and passports of sacrificial animals of cattle, sheep and goats to be slaughtered in villages and outside the places designated by the Commission shall be submitted by citizens to the village head or the agriculture and forestry directorates of the provincial districts. The village heads will submit the ear tags and passports given to them to the provincial and district agriculture and forestry directorates.
Warning to citizens
The ministry also issued warnings to citizens. When purchasing sacrificial animals, it is important for citizens to ensure that the animals are healthy, well-fed and registered in the animal registration system.
Male and older animals that have ear tags, a veterinary health report, an animal passport and a transport document must first be selected as victims.
Pregnant or breeding female animals may not enter sales points for sacrificial animals or be slaughtered for sacrifice. For this reason, it is important that citizens be careful not to choose pregnant or breeding female animals as victims.
However, action will be taken against those who do not fulfill their obligations and do not adhere to the prohibitions and restrictions in accordance with the relevant legal provisions.
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