Jaipur: Minister of Agriculture Lal Chand Kataria said the government planned to change the Camel Rajasthan (Prohibition of Massacre & Temporary Migration Regulations) acting, 2015 which placed restrictions on animal transportation both inside and outside the state and outside the state.
Camel is declared a country animal under this action.
The country’s camel population has witnessed a drastic reduction in recent years after passing as an animal purchase and sales have become a complicated process.
He said better mechanization and transportation facilities in rural areas also reduced dependence on camels.
The minister said the government would consider the proposal to set a camel on the gaushalas line for unwanted camels.
The minister answered the calling movement of the call by deputy leader opposition Rajendra Rathore in the reduced camel population in the state.
Rathore said the number of camels had witnessed a drastic decline in recent years.
He said if the preservation steps were not taken, camels would only be seen at the zoo at the end of this century.
Rajasthan contributed 84% of the camel population.
In accordance with the livestock census between 1951 and 1992, the number of camels in Rajasthan continued to increase, a small decline bar in 1988.
The first major decline was registered between 1992 and 1997, when the number of camels decreased from 7.69 lakh to 6.69 lakh; The highest camel population in the country was 7.56 lakh in 1983.
However, the current figure of 2.13 lakh camels in the state was lower than 3.41 camels lakh in 1951.
said Rathore, the police could act against camel transportation Illegal but rarely act because it has no provisions for caring for animals or no advanced organizations to keep them.
He suggested setting up a camel-shalas on the gaushalas line.
The minister said he would consider advice from the Shalas camel and immediately came out with a policy.