Abu Dhabi: Slaughterhouses across Abu Dhabi are fully prepared to meet the Eid demand for sacrificial animals, the Abu Dhabi City Municipality announced in a statement sent on Monday.
The facilities will operate from 6:30am to 7:30pm on the first day of Eid, and from 6am to 7:30pm over the next few days.
For those who wish to offer Eid prayers, mosques attached to the slaughterhouses will hold congregations, and the animals will begin to be processed immediately afterwards in order to ease the rush for services.
In order to prepare workers, Municipality officials recently met with them to discuss the operational plan for the Eid period.
In addition, municipal workers have ensured that all maintenance of slaughtering equipment, as well as air conditioning and water systems, has been carried out. Additional cleaning staff have also been deployed, and tents have been set up to accommodate customers.
This year, a smartphone application entitled Zabihati will accept sacrificial requests from residents. Requests will be processed in collaboration with Al Waha Livestock Company at the Abu Dhabi Automated Slaughterhouse. The slaughterhouse, where there are three veterinarians and 55 butchers on staff, will also process sacrificial animals required by the UAE Red Crescent Society.
At the Abu Dhabi Slaughterhouse, the Municipality expects that 2,500 animals will be processed on the first day of Eid alone. The abattoir will be served by eight vets and 150 butchers. The Municipality has also announced that the slaughtering of cows will begin at noon on the first day of Eid.
Meanwhile, 1,000 animals are expected to be processed at Al Wathba Slaughterhouse on the first day of Eid. The facility has four vets on staff, along with 40 butchers, and it will be the only abattoir to process camel meat, starting from midday onwards on the first day of Eid.
About 3,000 animals are expected to be sacrificed at the Bani Yas Slaughterhouse on the first day of Eid. Eight veterinarians and 200 butchers have been assigned to serve the facility.
At Al Shahama Slaughterhouse, 1,500 animals are expected to be processed on the first day. Four veterinarians and 50 butchers will be on duty there.
