Dhaka, May 21 -- Rawhide traders in Chattogram have set a target of collecting 400,000 sacrificial animal skins this Eid-ul-Azha, up from the 356,500 collected last year, though they say the final figure could vary either way.

According to the Chattogram Rawhide Traders Cooperative Society Limited, more than 300,000 of last year's hides came from cattle.

Eid is likely to fall on May 28, with sacrifices traditionally continuing for two more days.

Seasonal traders and middlemen will collect raw hides from neighbourhoods and sell them to wholesalers, who will then process and preserve them before selling on to tanneries.

Between 80 and 90 percent of Bangladesh's annual animal hide supply comes from sacrificial animals slaughtered during ...