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One can see herd of goats sold out outside Jama Masjid during Bakra Eid, Delhi. The Beetal goat breed from the Sialkot District of Pakistan is used for milk and meat production. It is similar to the Jamnapari goat. It is also known as Amritsari goat. Beetal is considered to be a good milker with large body size and high fecundity. It usually gives birth to two or three kids at a time. The skin of these goats is considered to be of high quality because of larger size and yield finest leather such as velour, suede and chamois for manufacturing clothes, shoes and gloves. Beetal goats have been widely used for improvement of local goats throughout the subcontinent. These goats are also adapted to stall feeding and thus preferred for intensive goat farming. Eid al-Adha, also called Feast of the
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