Five Years of UP’s Animal Slaughter Ban: Poor Pushed Out of Meat Trade, Meat Out of Meals
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Five Years of UP’s Animal Slaughter Ban: Poor Pushed Out of Meat Trade, Meat Out of Meals

UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s closure of abattoirs, meat shops has left butchers without livelihood, animal rearers have been forced to end their business and consumers have been forced to reduce or stop eating meat. Despite an Allahabad high court order, most major UP cities do not have authorised state-run slaughterhouses.