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People ‘window shopping’ for sacrificial animals
LAHORE: With only five days left before Eidul Azha, the sale of sacrificial animals has failed to gain any momentum with most people apparently only interested in‘window shopping’. According to a survey conducted by Daily Times on Sunday, most people wishing to sacrifice animals this Eid said they were only window shopping, and inquiring about the rates of animals, which were alarmingly high. Serious buyers complained about the high rates of animals. On the other hand, the salesman seemed helpless too. They said that they could not possibly lower prices bacuse inflation had made animal rearing very expensive as well. Animal feed now cost a lot more than it used to, they said. The customers therefore preferred ‘window shopping’, as it allowed them to negotiate a lower price. On Sunday, it was found that the minimum price of cows was around Rs 50,000, whereas it was Rs 30,000 to Rs 35,000 last year. Similarly, the minimum price of male goats with a meat weight of 12 to 14 kilogrammes was found to be at Rs 13,000 to Rs 15,000. Salesmen also told Daily Times that only one in ten visitors to the animal market actually buy an animal. staff report
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