Abstract
A survey was carried out to determine the extent of and preference for animals slaughtered on Eid-ul-Azha involving630 respondents from parts of three districts of the Punjab (Sargodha, Faisalabad and Jhang). Of which 33.33% were from villages, 39.36% from towns and the rest belonged to cities. Among these, percentage of sacrifying respondents was found to be 81.27. Specieswise distribution of slaughtered animals was in the order of 53.80, 32.24 and 13.96% goats, sheep and cattle, respectively. On overall basis, it was observed that about 32.82% respondents preferred to slaughter their animals themselves and the rest (67.18%) acquired the services of butchers. The statistical analysis showed non-significant relationship between localities and methods of slaughter while pattern of meat disposal was found to be significantly correlated. Regarding socioeconomic status, majority of the respondents (59.88%)
