President Sisi congratulates Egyptian expatriates on Eid al-Adha

CAIRO – 18 August 2018: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi sent a cable to Egyptian expatriates on the occasion of Eid al-Adha.

Egypt raises the degree of preparedness in all slaughterhouses across Egypt ahead of Eid al-Adha taking place from Aug. 20 - 24.

The Ministry of Agriculture has formed operation rooms at Egypt’s Veterinary Medicine Directorates to receive citizens’ complaints and intensify its monitoring of veterinary campaigns to the markets of cattle, sheep and goats.

The head of the Central Administration of Public Health and Veterinary Services at the Ministry of Agriculture, Hassan Al Jawini, told Egypt Today that slaughtering services will be available for free at the government’s slaughterhouses to prevent slaughtering in streets to maintain public health.

In the same context, Head of the Central Administration for Veterinary Quarantines Ahmed Abdel Karim said that several veterinary committees with experienced veterans are supervising the live animal imports for Eid al-Adha.

For his part, Parliamentarian Mohamed al-Damti said that the decision is not applicable due to the difficulty of censorship; adding that the decision requires awareness campaigns in the media as it is included under the category of community behavior.

“It is a positive decision, no doubt. It also protects the health of citizens from diseases and epidemics caused by the mixing of blood and bones with garbage," Parliamentarian Mamdouh al-Husseni said.

Husseni also said that most of the sacrifices that are slaughtered in the streets are not subject to medical supervision; no one knows whether the sacrifice is healthy or diseased. He pointed out that the “Salkhana” (the place allocated by the government for slaughter) is subject to strict medical supervision.

He stressed the need to start awareness campaigns to improve the culture of the sacrificial ceremony, pointing out that this phenomenon should be prevented in all the governorates not only Cairo. He added that most Gulf countries prevented citizens from slaughtering animals in the streets.

On the other hand, Parliamentarian Mohamed Salah Abu Humalia said that this decision is difficult to implement, noting that if officials control main streets, they will not able to reach the lanes.