Total ban on cow slaughter in MP

Bhopal, July 12(UNI) The Madhya Pradesh government has imposed total ban on slaughter of cow progeny, including bulls and oxen.

The state cabinet at its meeting presided over by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here yesterday decided to amend the MP Agricultural cattle protection Act 1959.

Henceforth only buffaloes could be slaughtered with certain conditions. The earlier provision for slaughter of cow,calf, bull and oxen with permission from comptetent authority had been scrapped, official sources said.

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