Overview
- The state began a four-day inspection drive on May 25 that will run through May 28 to stop illegal cattle movement, unauthorized slaughter and inhumane transport before Bakri Eid.
- Transport Department orders require RTOs, deputy regional offices and border check-posts to inspect vehicles carrying animals for valid permits and transport certificates.
- Officials say teams will seize vehicles that breach the Motor Vehicles Act or the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and pursue legal action against offenders.
- The operation deploys special squads made up of local and traffic police, the Animal Husbandry Department and animal-welfare groups to patrol border routes, Mumbai and other sensitive corridors.
- The government frames the drive as both an animal-welfare measure and protection of indigenous cows and has asked field officers to record interceptions and submit a comprehensive report after the operation, which could shape future enforcement and local market movements.