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NEW DELHI: Acting on demand of poultry sector, the Centre has written to states asking them to allow opening of poultry shops with appropriate Covid guidelines during the current lockdown period even as animal welfare groups insisted on not lowering the guards at a time when the move has potential to increase risk during the pandemic.
“I would request you to issue direction to the local administration to open the poultry shop, if not possible for entire period of time but for a particular duration, as considered appropriate following the Covid appropriate guidelines,” said Atul Chaturvedi, secretary, ministry of fisheries, animal husbandry & dairying, in his letter to chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UTs).
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CHENNAI: Animal welfare groups in India have opposed the Centre’s suggestion to allow reopening of poultry shops amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a letter to the secretary, ministry of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying, prominent animal welfare organisations, including People for Animals (PFA), Humane Society International/India (HSI/India), Mercy for Animals India Foundation and Ahimsa Trust have expressed their concern over the government’s recent letter addressed to the states’ chief secretaries asking them to consider opening poultry shops during the lockdown.
The groups said that there is growing evidence and research conducted over the past one year, which shows that intensive animal agriculture and live animal markets that confine animals in small spaces create a larger risk of amplifying disease.
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