Cattle fair bans cow trade in UP town

The organisers of a weekly cattle fair have banned the trade of cow and its progeny at Syana town, about 30 km from here.
Cattle fair organiser Maskhoor Khan said the decision was taken to prevent cows and their progenies from getting slaughtered.
Khan alleged that slaughterhouses in neighbouring Sambhal and Bijnor districts purchased cows in the fair.
The cows were then transported to the slaughterhouses in the said neighbouring districts, he said.
Over a lakh animals, including buffaloes, goats, calves are traded annually in the fair, Khan said.