India, June 6 -- The death of a number of goats, transported in large numbers to the city ahead of Bakri Eid on Saturday, has placed the civic-run abattoir in Deonar under scrutiny. Traders who have brought goats from Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, claim that as many as 300 animals have perished due to pitiable conditions at the slaughterhouse, administrative negligence and lack of proper infrastructure.

As the trucks carrying the goats lined up to enter the abattoir, the animals were crammed in parked vehicles for several hours, without access to food, water or proper shelter. They died from dehydration, starvation and suffocation; others endured extreme heat before succumbing.

An estimated 1.65 lakh goats have been brought to t...