LIVESTOCK REPORT ON ANIMALS FOR SACRIFICATION-2019 IN TURKEY...
This is a summary of the report prepared by Chamber of Agricultural Engineers (ZMO) just before the Feast of Qurban in Turkey... · Officially in Turkey's history, firstly in 2010 and then 2011, 2017 and 2018 sacrificials were imported. · In 2018, 866 thousand cattle and 2 million 682 thousand sheep were slaughtered. · The number of cattle slaughtered during the Feast of Sacrifice is approximately four months and the number of sheep slaughtered in one and a half years. · Around 10 million animals are slaughtered annually and our red meat production is over 1 million tons. 55 percent of the slaughtered animals are sheep, 14 percent are goats and 31 percent are cattle. · If it is accepted that all production is consumed, our red meat consumption per person is 13.84 kg. This amount does not include 4-5 million refugees. · While the year of 1960 was taken as an indicator, there has been a 13 percent decrease in the total number of animals. · The number of goats in 196...