Warning against illegal livestock trading

The Manama Municipal Council has warned against illegal trade in livestock in Burhama and Manama during Eid Al Adha. It has also reported illicit slaughtering of goats and sheep to Ministry of Health which is responsible for protecting public health, council secretary Jassim Redha said.“For about five years, the council has been receiving complaints from Burhama residents about the illegal buying, selling and slaughtering of livestock.“We have warned farmowners indulging in such illicit business time and again. We also took action against all those involved and the cases are pending at the lower court.“For years, 16 farmowners in Manama gather in the Burhama area behind Bapco Garden every Eid to sell livestock. They also slaughter the animals without the supervision of any health official. We have apprised ministry officials of the issue because it is their responsibility to check any illegal slaughtering outside the authorised places.“During Eid the slaughtering is common and we will seek police help to stop them early morning on Eid days,” Redha said.He said the council’s main problem was that farmowners from outside Manama come to Burhama to sell their livestock. “They have converted the place into a sheep market,” he said.Redha said: “We have also apprised Manama Municipality general director Abdulkarim Hassan of the problem that will start again during Eid. We are awaiting a court verdict on the unlawful market and slaughtering.”