Sri Lanka Proposes Ban on Cow Slaughter

  • The parliamentary group in Sri Lanka on September 08, 2020 approved proposal to completely ban slaughtering of cows in Sri Lanka to stop animal cruelty for curbing the desperate move to kill cow and cattle rampantly in the holy land of Sri Lanka.
  • However, The Animal Act of Sri Lanka which exists today prohibits slaughtering of cows and cow-calves but allows the same in certain cases when it is certified by an appropriate authority. Still, there is no restriction on import of Beef in the country yet.

Proposed Reason for Banning Cow Slaughter

  • Sri Lanka is a Buddhist majority country, ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content

Already a Member? Login here

Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Be an Annual Subscriber

World Watch