Social media users point to high cost of sacrificial animals on Eid al-Adha
Social media users treat the prices of sacrificial animals on the Eid al-Adha (Kurban Bayram) holiday as too high; and not everyone agrees with the call of the Chechen Mufti not to sell animals’ skins. The charitable funds of the republics of Northern Caucasus have reported on the free distribution of animal meat and food packages.
Dagestani public users have noted the high prices of sacrificial animals on Eid al-Adha. In particular, such comments appeared in the Instagram* public of the “Insan” Fund.
"The highest prices were on Eid al-Fitr (Uraza Bayram); and now they also inflate lamb prices on Eid al-Adha. Not everyone can make the due sacrifices,” the user maria_zolotce has commented.
"My pension is 14,000 roubles per month; my husband's one is a little more; and we bought it for 17,000. When I opened my mouth to say that it was so expensive, my husband told me to shut up and that I won't be starving as long as I have this pension. And really, my life hasn't gotten worse from this. I'm content with what I have, it's enough for us, and those who raise prices will always think it's not enough for them," the user m.u.m_kaspiysk ha written.
"Prices for sacrificial animals start at 15,000 roubles. This is cheaper than last year. Lambs were brought from different parts of Dagestan and even from neighbouring regions," the author of the Telegram channel "Makhach, what’s happened?" has written today.
The Kaspiysk branch of the above Fund has reported on the assistance it provided to low-income townspeople. "My refrigerator has been empty for a whole year," says an elderly woman in the video posted in the Fund's Instagram* channel. As follows from the video, she was given an envelope with some financial aid, and separately - a 5000-rouble banknote.
"What is this woman living on, on what funds? How is it possible that her refrigerator is empty?!" the user pomosh_fatima_gamzatova has asked.
"If she has such problems, provide her with the minimum subsistence level for the whole year, as many people come to the Fund and bring money," the user has added in another comment.
According to the rules, the carcass of a slaughtered sacrificial animal is divided into three parts. The owner leaves one part for himself and his family. The second can be given to relatives and neighbours, and the third one – to those in need, the “Barakat” Fund from Kabardino-Balkaria has reminded before the holiday, suggesting that those who do not know who to do with the third part to give it to the Fund located in Nalchik. This message got four "likes" in the Fund's page in the "VKontakte" social network.
Over 3000 food packages will be spread among those in need in Ingushetia for the Eid al-Adha. The lists of recipients were compiled by municipal administrations, the “Ingushetia” newspaper has reported.
The "Pomosch Blizhnemu" (Help to Neighbour) Fund from Kabardino-Balkaria has reported on the pre-holiday distribution of food to those in need. In the video, a large bag of flour, cereals, sunflower oil, juice and other foodstuffs are visible inside the food package.
The "Ansary" Charity Fund from Karachay-Cherkessia has called on its Telegram channel to bring, from June 6 to 8, parts of sacrificial animals for distribution among low-income families.
More than 22,000 animal heads were spread on the Eid al-Adha in Chechnya to families of SMO fighters and law enforcers who perished in the line of duty, Ramzan Kadyrov has reported today in his Telegram channel.
Salakh Mezhiev, Chairman of the Muslims’ Coordination Centre of Northern Caucasus and Mufti of the Chechen Republic, has explained that the skin of sacrificial animals cannot be sold.
"What should we do with it?" the user mammeevalim has asked.
"One can just give it away," the user mutsaeva has replied.
"Yes, we’ll do that, but who needs sheepskin? It has no price at all," the user mammeevalim has commented.
"99 percent of people throw it in the trash," the user 05_tcumada believes.
"Why take away bread from people; they have the right to sell it, they’ve grown it up and fattened it; why can't they make money from this skin to feed their kids?" the user lash__mik_for has asked indignantly.
In the Instagram* public chp_kchr, the user Voron has expressed his opinion that "if possible, nothing from the lamb should go to waste: neither the bowels, nor the head, nor the limbs." "Now you can often see how all this is thrown away," he has written.
This was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on June 6, 2025 at 05:02 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
*On March 21, 2022, the Tverskoi Court of Moscow banned the activities in Russia of the Meta Company, owning the Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, in connection with extremist activities.