NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, 26 February 2015 – The Department of Livestock Development (DLD) has taken public feedback into consideration to amend the Animal Breeding Development Act aimed at preventing potential shortages in cattle.
The DLD Deputy Director-General Sorawit Thaneto officiated over a public hearing with involved personnel on the amendment of the Animal Breeding Development Act at Grand Park hotel, Nakhon Si Thammarat.
The hearing was hosted by the Suratthani Livestock Research and Breeding Center with Animal Science experts, academics, and local farmers participating in this event.
The current Animal Breeding Development Act is reported to provide inadequate protection coverage to all kinds of important animal in the country. The rationale of this hearing was to gather public opinion to amend the Act to prevent future shortages of local animals.
The number of Cattle, especially female, have been decreasing for the past 10 years. Officials were able to recorded a 56 percent decrease in the past decade, due to the use of machines in the agricultural sector and the export of female cattle to neighbouring countries, resulting in the shortage of the parentage breeding stock.
Cattle are considered a very important manufacturing factor for the agricultural sector in Thailand, as they provide labour in almost all manufacturing processes of rice.
