With Eidul Azha just two weeks away, the prices of sacrificial animals, especially goats and sheep, have increased manifold. Most makeshift sacrificial animals markets in the provincial metropolis, including the Shahpur Kanjran, the largest one in Lahore, became functional on Friday, attracting a considerable number of potential buyers.
However, most of visitors were seen returning without purchasing any animals, as the prices of sacrificial animals, what they say, were skyrocketing. The Metropolitan Corporation Lahore (MCL) specified 10 sites for establishment of makeshift cattle markets and sales points this year, and divided the city into seven zones for the purpose.
Traders and cattle breeders, while responding to a survey, carried out by media, said that major factors of skyrocketing of prices of sacrificial animals were because of high transportation and animal feeding costs, and the loss of livestock during the last year’s floods. The high prices of sacrificial animals have affected the low-income and salaried class the most.
