Steem Of Animals Contest: Protected animals in Nigeria

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Like they always say, sometimes life throw to us what we expect least and we just need to accept it as it comes. Today I will be participating in the @steem.ofanimals Community contest and be sharing my view how far this year have gone.

I will be talking about the Broiler Chicken Nigeria Species. It is actually a domesticated bird that is always rared in Nigeria because of meat production. Talking about the population status of the Broiler Chicken in Nigeria, I will say it is still in huge fihure because it is mostly seen for poultry meat.

Apart from the poultry meat, I will say Broiler chickens are also raised for commercial farms even in Nigeria as people raised it for few months before finally used for meat. But one of the common issues I have seen with it is that it always have Challenges like disease outbreaks and even poor farming practices can affect them most of the time.

Well I will say the Broiler Chicken even though it still have huge numbers now, I will say there is still every possibility that it might go out of extinct if the human intervention should not actually continue likes that because of the type of animal it is.

Talking about the various reason why a broiler chicken Nigeria Species is still very important are below;

• High Demand for Poultry Meat: Talking about the high demand for poultry meat in our country Nigeria, I will say broilers give us that affordable protein compared to other sources of meat out there.

• Agricultural Practices: Apart from the fact that it is a source of meat for us in Nigeria. I will say the agricultural industry in Nigeria also make use of it because of the economic advantages it has. It is always easy to raise breed like broiler Chicken compared to others animal out there.

• Adaptability: And the last one is the aspect of the Adaptability. Trust me, broiler chicken can easily thrive and succeed even in controlled environment that is harsh. They have huge tolerance level.

Threats to Their Production

Before I move to the next question, I will quickly like to talk about the Threats to their production. Even though it might look like they are still popular right now, I fear that they might go out of extinct very soon if not careful.

• Habitat and Environmental Issues: The first issue is that when the farming practice of broiler chicken continues, it might leads to deforestation, environmental degradation and even water pollution if not actually careful.

• Disease Outbreaks: The second one which I said earlier is that it always have this tendency to have huge diseases outbreak that needs to be looked into. There are a lot of poultry Diseases like Newcastle disease and even avian flu which always threaten the broiler Chicken poultry farming.

Let me say that the Broiler chicken actually most especially the Nigeria species does not fit into any major legal protection because it is always seen as a domesticated animal. But I will say the welfare of the animal is still governed by the general laws. Those regulations and laws helps to deal with animal husbandry and many more most especially the food safety.

There are some legal frameworks and bodies that is established to guide the rearing of animals like Broiler Chicken.

• National Animal Disease Control Act (2021): This was first established as a law to help control animal disease most especially in Nigeria because it helps to deal with the health of the animal in the poultry farms.

• Animal Welfare Guidelines under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD): The second one we have in Nigeria is this because it seals with the animal treatment and that includes breed like the Broiler Chicken and also the transportation.

Illustration of Legal Protection

Well, talking about the illustrations of the legal protection, I will say take for instance I am a farmer which does not pay careful attention to the disease prevention laws and rules establish for poultry farming, I can face fines and even penalties.

All these Frameworks are actually just established to make sure that even if the broiler chicken is seen as an animal reared for meat, it is still good for consumption and also for helping to protect the animals and even at the end of the day the consumers.

I invite @edgargonzalez , @walictd and @ripon0630 @lhorgic and @damithudaya to drop a very constructive comments on this post and also to participate in this contest.