Cattle care!

Worried about purchasing a sacrificial animal? Or concerned about taking care of the one you will buy ahead of Eid?

Then two agro farms can help you out.

The farms -- Zarif Agro and Sharif Agrovet -- not only will sell the cattle, but also will keep those at their farms for as long as you want. They will also feed and bathe the animals.

Zarif Agro is located at Barenda, Kashimpur of Gazipur and Sharif Agrovet at Sharif Nagar in Keraniganj.

Zarif Agro, also extended their facilities at the capital's Dhupkhola cattle market.

 “If a customer purchases a bull from us and wants to keep it till the Eid day, we will provide them the facility. We will look after the bulls free of cost,” said Abdul Alim, in-charge of Zarif Agro at the cattle market.

If anyone wanted to take the animal home after purchasing it, then two of their staff will help them in that regard, he added.

 “After buying a bull, we provide customers with bags to keep cattle waste, bleaching powder and brushes,” said Alim. In addition, they also give customers T-shirts with the picture of the bulls they bought.

“We brought 20 bulls in the Dhupkhola cattle market. Sixteen bulls were sold at the farm around one week back,” he said.

Meanwhile, Saiful Islam, in-charge of Sharif Agrovet, said, “Out of the 350 bulls we have at the farm, we've sold around 150 of them already.”

 “Most of the cattle are still at the farm and we are looking after those. The buyers will take them one or two days ahead of Eid,” said Saiful.

He said they sell the bulls after measuring those on a scale. “A customer has to pay Tk 430 per kg for a local bull while Tk 470 per kg for an Indian bull.”

 “We have a Facebook page from where people can select the bulls. Afterwards, they have to visit the farm to purchase it.”

Saiful said they will bring around 200 bulls to Nayabazar and Gabtali cattle markets tomorrow. “But we will not sell those based on the per kg rates.”