Online cattle traders are happy with the sale of sacrificial animals on online platforms this year, mostly cows and goats.

Although data is available on the sale of sacrificial animals over online based E-commerce sites, no official records have been found about the number of animals sold over social media platforms like Facebook.    

Among the popular online marketplaces are Bikroy.com, Bengalmeat.com, American Dairy Limited, Deshi Meat, Priyoshop.com, Amar Desh and Amar Gram.

Buyers have also crowded Facebook pages of Sadeeq Agro Farm and others to buy sacrificial animals.

Responding to media queries over the matter, E-commerce Association of Bangladesh General Secretary Abdul Wahed Tomal said that they did not have exact statistics of the number of cattle bought over E-commerce platforms but consumer response had been good this year.

According to information obtained from Bikroy.com, over 3,000 animals were sold on the platform this year while the figure stood at 2,293 in 2018.

Head of sales at Bengalmeat.com Mohammad Asaduzzaman Khan told Bangla Tribune that they had sold 1,200 cows online and received orders for 300 cows for processing.

Priyoshop.com Chief Executive Officer Asikul Alam Khan said that they began selling cows on the site for the first time this year and four cows had been sold.