Till now the ban was already there on cows and calves which have been banned

since 1976. The new law extends the ban to bulls and bullocks. It only excludes
female buffaloes and their calves which need a fit-for-slaughter certificate before
being
butchered.
Several
states
have
already
enacted
similar
laws.
Beef is
priced
at just half
the rate of
mutton
and is
the
most

affordable red meat. It enjoys a large market with roughly 9 lakh kilograms
consumed in the city daily. Of this roughly 80% is beef and 20% is buffalo meat,
beef traders say. Around 450 large animals are slaughtered daily at the Deonar
abbatoir in the city.