Over 20 buffaloes allegedly being carried to slaughterhouse seized

Kundapur, Oct 31: Karnataka Forest officials on Thursday rescued 21 buffaloes while they were being illegally transported to a slaughterhouse in Kerala and arrested the duo involved here at Naykodi check post on the State Highway 27 near Kollur.

Forest officers K Dayananada and Janardhana Poojary were conducting a routine check-up when they found 12 male and nine female bovines hurdled in one corner of a truck they had stopped.