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Turkish Cypriot butchers on Friday called on the north\u2019s \u2018government\u2019 to act as consumers desert them to buy cheaper meat in the Republic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n They staged a protest at the north\u2019s slaughterhouse, slaughtering two lambs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n After the protest, the north\u2019s butchers\u2019 association said the \u2018government\u2019 must take \u201curgent measures\u201d and \u201cfind a solution which would allow meat to be sold at a price range in line with the prices in South Cyprus.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are currently seeing our own citizens travel to South Cyprus to do their shopping<\/strong>. This has brought vendors, who have been crushed under the weight of economic difficulties, to the point of bankruptcy, meaning they cannot cover basic expenses like their electricity bills or rent,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n They said the increase in the price of livestock in the north has \u201cseriously damaged\u201d butchers, who have no choice but to pass these price increases onto consumers, while the stock of meat in the north has plummeted due to a lack of demand.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are throwing away meat we cannot sell because it stinks<\/strong>, and as a result animal slaughter has hit rock bottom,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n While this crisis is worsening, they said, \u201cthe government is acting as if everything is rosy<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n To this end, they added their \u201csadness\u201d that no steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation by either helping control the prices or staving off the decreasing purchasing power of people living in north.<\/p>\n \u201cThey should not forget that we, who live in this country, and try despite great difficulties to do our job, pay a lot of taxes to the state, and are an integral link in the chains of production and tourism.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf this link breaks, and<\/strong> it is about to break right now<\/strong>, we will face a much more serious situation,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n Follow the Turkish Cypriot butchers have called on their government to take action because consumers are buying cheaper meat in the Republic of Cyprus instead of from them. They held a protest at the north’s slaughterhouse, where they slaughtered two lambs. The butchers’ association is urging the government to find a solution that would allow them to sell meat at prices competitive with those in South Cyprus. They are experiencing a decline in sales, which is leading to financial difficulties such as being unable to pay for basic expenses. The price of livestock in the north has increased, forcing butchers to raise their prices, and as a result, the stock of meat has dropped due to low demand. They are discarding unsold meat that has spoiled, and the rate of animal slaughter has decreased significantly. The butchers have expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s lack of action to address the crisis and warned that if the situation continues, it could lead to more severe problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[620,3,553,250,415,621,463,238,268],"class_list":["post-2463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-butchers","tag-cyprus","tag-electricity","tag-google","tag-government","tag-meat-prices","tag-protest","tag-tourism","tag-turkish-cypriot"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n
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