Abstract
A survey was carried out to determine the extent of and preference for animals slaughtered on Eid-ul-Azha involving630 respondents from three districts of Punjab (Sargodha, Faisalabad and Jhang). Of these, 33.33% were from villages, 39.36% from towns and the rest belonged to cities. Among these, the percentage of sacrifying respondents was found to be 81.27. Specieswise distribution of slaughtered animals was found in the order of 53.80, 32.24 and 13.96% goats, sheep and cattle respectively. Nearly 51% of the total respondents purchased sacrificial animals from city market and 16.60% raised their own animals. Moreover, 50% respondents purchased animals just within one week prior to the commencing of Eid-ul-Azha. The percentage of animals that suffered from different diseases in villages, towns and cities was 7.93, 7.21 and 2.06, respectively
