Cattle Market VS Meat Market
The environment Ministry on May 26, 2017 had notified the stringent Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017 derived from Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. These new rules promulgated by the notification were vehemently opposed by the State Governments of West Bengal, Kerala etc. and United Progressive Alliances on the ground that the restrictions on the sale and ban on slaughter of cattle would affect the livelihood of lakhs of poor people and this restriction would lead to communal friction, apart from its impact on the agricultural economy. Further this will also affect the meat trade and connected leather trade etc. Meat Eaters will be affected and hence their rights of food preferences being taken away by this notification, it may be tantamount an attack on their fundamental rights – both in the realm of food habits and also of pursuit of free trades. To show their protests and anger, the opponents of this notification