CHENNAI: Animal rights activists have urged the central government to ban export of buffalo meat even as they lauded Union ministry of commerce’s recent statement that export of beef has been prohibited in accordance with country’s foreign trade policy.
“The idea of banning beef export is a huge relief as it will help preserve cattle wealth in the country,” said G Arun Prasanna of the People for Cattle in India ( PFCI), adding that the government should consider banning the export of buffalo meat.
It may be recalled that in a representation on June 25, Lok Sabha member Kirit Somaiya asked the ministry’s stand on export of beef. In a letter dated July 9, minister of state for commerce and industry Nirmala Sitaraman said the export of beef (meat of cow, oxen and calf) had been prohibited.
