More than 10,000 sacrificial animals were slaughtered in Abu Dhabi abattoirs during the first two days of Eid Al Adha.

The Abu Dhabi Municipality said on Thursday that on the first day of Eid, public slaughterhouses in various areas of Abu Dhabi received 7,000 sacrificial animals, while 3,369 animals were slaughtered in the public abattoirs on the second day of Eid.

Seven animals were found unfit for consumption and not slaughtered, according to officials.

Veterinarians were present in the slaughterhouses round-the-clock to monitor the sacrifices before and after the slaughter.

The municipality said it had designated the Abu Dhabi Automated Slaughterhouse to handle the sacrificial animals from the Emirates Red Crescent for the Sacrifices Project 2018 as well as the pre-registered sacrifices. Requests were made through the app Zabihati. The rest of the animals were slaughtered at the Abu Dhabi Public Slaughterhouse, Al Wathba Slaughterhouse, Baniyas Slaughterhouse, Al Shahama Slaughterhouse and Al Wathba Slaughterhouse.

Early last week, the municipality said that it had stepped up health measures at all abattoirs to cope up with the huge number of sacrificial animals being slaughtered during the Eid holidays.

It took several measures at abattoirs - including adding more workers - to ensure veterinary inspection of all animals to be slaughtered, the municipality pointed out. The holidays of all workers in slaughterhouses - particularly veterinarians and inspectors - had been suspended ahead of Eid Al Adha.

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