Although Uttara Kannada police caught nearly 600 livestock leaders illegally transported, according to the principal of the police department M. Narayana.
He told him: “The police have been caring for the cattle at the police station premises until their owner or cattle lover takes it away.” Hindu.
Mohan Kumar, deputy director of the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, said the area’s Goshala and 10 other private salads were already packed with cattle.
The Goshala area of Haliyal Taluk can accommodate 100 cows and now has 140 cows. These 10 privately managed Goshalas also have the capacity of a cattle. All of these Gosha people can’t take extra cows. He said the privately operated Gosalas has not yet applied for the government’s Rs 10,000 subsidy to avoid the government sending livestock rescued by police to its troops.
Kumar said the Goshala operator of Uttara Kannada spent a lot of money to feed large amounts of feed from other parts of the state, such as Dakshina Kannada and Udupi areas. He added: “In addition to wages for workers and other institutions, the investment in feed forms a major part of operator spending, which costs at least 10 kilograms of feed.”
According to Mr Narayana, in 2023, Uttara Kannada police occupied 160 cattle in 26 illegal transport cases. Police registered 14 illegal beef transport cases in the same year and occupied 3,693 kilograms of beef. A total of 97 people were arrested for illegal transport of cattle and beef. In 2024, police caught 340 cows in 40 cases, and five camels were linked to an illegal camel transport. It is related to two cases of illegal transportation, up to 169 kilograms of beef. In these cases, a total of 126 people were arrested.
This year, until April 18, the police arrested 72 cattle through 10 illegal transportation cases. Police caught 212 kilograms of beef in three cases. He said a total of 39 people were arrested.
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