
Each year, Moslems celebrate Eid al-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice by sacrificing livestock. To conduct the sacrificial ceremony perfectly, it must be started with sincerity and fitting sacrificial animals.
A sacrificial animal is said to be fitting if it meets with several requirements stated in the Islam law. Sacrificed animals are large livestock animals. In Indonesia, common sacrificial animals are cattle, water buffalos, goats, and sheep. Another criterion is the animal must be male and has the proper age (over 1 year). A sacrificial animal must overall have good physical presentations without any physical impairment. At livestock yards, often people miss noticing several body parts of the animal they intend to sacrifice, for example torn ears, broken horns, castrated bulls, and in some cases mutilated tails. Some people even sell animals with broken legs at very cheap prices.