THE LIVESTOCK WELFARE RIGHTS AND USES IN ISLAM: A STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSLIMS' PERCEPTION IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
THE LIVESTOCK WELFARE RIGHTS AND USES IN ISLAM: A STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSLIMS' PERCEPTION IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
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2014-06
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DUKULY, Omar Abdallah
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This dissertation entitled: The Livestock Welfare Rights and Uses in Islam: a Study of Cotemporary Muslims ' Perception in North-Western Nigeria is borne out of the fact that in Islam life means love, care and respect for everyone including non-human animals such as livestock. The research findings were gathered through the use of questionnaire of Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Perceptions (KAPP). 1,470 respondents were randomly selected for the research from 35 major livestock markets and 35 major abattoirs within North-Western Nigeria. The results were statistically calculated through chi-square of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and demonstrated in charts and descriptively analyzed through frequency and percentage in Chapter IV. The major findings of this research are: (1) A wide range of infringements on the rights of livestock take place within North-Western Nigeria. These infringements include lack of resting livestock, squeezing them in tight vehicles and lack of adequate feeding for them on transit. (2) 79% of livestock dealers who have direct contact with the animals are below the age of 30. Consequently, these young people abuse the rights of livestock more than the older people. Livestock do not get the care and respect they need especially those at the infant stage due to massive involvement of young people. Young people overwork the animals, set them to fight one another, severely beat and underfeed them. (3) Inexperienced livestock dealers are one of the major actors in mishandling the animals. Over 60% of the inexperienced respondents do not know that livestock feel pain. (4) Due to poverty, a significant number of livestock dealers are not happy on their job. They transfer their frustration to the poor animals. Lack of job satisfaction makes the dealers to treat livestock like lifeless goods that do not need rest, feel pain or panic. (5) Livestock dealers in the rural settlements infringe more on the rights of the animals than their counter parts in the urban areas. Apart from lack of adequate Islamic teaching awareness, rural areas are remote from government agencies. Some common practices in the rural areas are: overloading and keeping loads on stationed livestock. (6) Most of the people dealing with livestock in markets and abattoirs are not well acquainted with the teachings of Islam vis-à-vis livestock welfare rights. It is only 2.60% of them that have university education in Islamic Studies/Arabic, 14% of them have N.C.E./ Diploma in Islamic Studies or Arabic while the Islamic educational qualification of the remaining 83% are limited to secondary school levels or below. It is against this background that most of the livestock dealers do not know that it is always rewarding to treat livestock with kindness. (7) There is a total absence of monitoring groups. All the respondents claimed lack of inspection from Muslim authority or scholars and very poor service of government agencies at all levels in terms of inspection at the livestock markets and abattoirs. Chapter one discusses the general background to the study and examines the research problem, research objectives, hypothesis, significance of the study, scope and delimitation of the study. Chapter two cites and reviews related literature in order to project the relevance of the study to the welfare rights of livestock and the need of livestock dealers in that regard in North-Western Nigeria. Chapter three focuses on the methodology and the research instrument adopted in carrying out the field work study. Chapter four analyzes the results of the field work study. Chapter five gives the summary, conclusion and recommendations of the research
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THE LIVESTOCK WELFARE RIGHTS AND USES IN ISLAM, A STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSLIMS' PERCEPTION IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA