{"id":39236,"date":"2015-09-30T10:10:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T10:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=39236"},"modified":"2015-09-30T10:10:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T10:10:12","slug":"ngt-notice-to-centre-on-petition-to-ban-slaughter-of-cattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-notice-to-centre-on-petition-to-ban-slaughter-of-cattle","title":{"rendered":"NGT Notice to Centre on Petition to Ban Slaughter of Cattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/slaughter.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"254\" height=\"199\" data-attachment-id=\"39239\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-notice-to-centre-on-petition-to-ban-slaughter-of-cattle\/slaughter\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/slaughter.png?fit=254%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"254,199\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"slaughter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/slaughter.png?fit=254%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/slaughter.png?fit=254%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39239\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/slaughter.png?resize=254%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"slaughter\" \/><\/a>The National Green Tribunal today sought response from the government on a lawyer&#8217;s plea seeking nationwide ban on slaughter of indigenous breeds of cattle.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi issued notice to Ministry of Agriculture while seeking its reply by October 30.<\/p>\n<p>The directions came while hearing a petition filed by advocate and environmentalist Ashwini Kumar, who has approached the green panel against the looming threat of extinction of indigenous breeds of cattle in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even developed countries are taking steps to preserve diversity in livestock and taking substantial steps to preserve and conserve their domestic livestock species,&#8221; the plea said, adding &#8220;the government authorities at the national, state, and local levels are silent spectators to this destruction&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the need for indigenous breed of cattle, Kumar has said that indigenous breed of cattle has a better disease resistance power and can adapt themselves better to frequent weather changes and climatic disturbances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Direct respondents to take necessary steps to ensure that milch cattle of indigenous breeds are not slaughtered; and take necessary steps to carry out research in improving thier milk yield without resorting to cross-breeding,&#8221; the plea said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Green Tribunal today sought response from the government on a lawyer&#8217;s plea seeking nationwide ban on slaughter of indigenous breeds of cattle. 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