A vendor serves customers at a mutton soup stall at an outdoor market in Beijing, China January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A man roasts mutton and chicken while waiting for people to purchase it for Iftar meal during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, at a busy street in Mumbai, India, April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni 

Customers wearing face masks buy mutton inside the Yuegezhuang wholesale market, following new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in Beijing, China June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang REFILE - CORRECTING TYPE OF MEAT SOLD 

A boy competes in mutton busting at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Thayer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A girl competes in mutton busting at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Thayer 

A boy competes in mutton busting at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Thayer 

A boy cries after falling during mutton busting at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Thayer 

A boy waits to compete in mutton busting at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Thayer 

A Muslim man stirs a boiled mutton meal to be served as "kurban" (sacrifice) as he prepares for a traditional prayer for rich harvest in the village of Dolni Voden, Bulgaria, July 9, 2017. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov 

A Muslim man stirs a boiled mutton meal to be served as "kurban" (sacrifice) as he prepares for a traditional prayer for rich harvest in the village of Dolni Voden, Bulgaria, July 9, 2017. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov 

A Muslim man stirs a boiled mutton meal to be served as "kurban" (sacrifice) as he prepares for a traditional prayer for rich harvest in the village of Dolni Voden, Bulgaria, July 9, 2017. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov 

A Muslim man stirs a boiled mutton meal to be served as "kurban" (sacrifice) as he prepares for a traditional prayer for rich harvest in the village of Dolni Voden, Bulgaria, July 9, 2017. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov 

A Muslim man stirs a boiled mutton meal to be served as "kurban" (sacrifice) as he prepares for a traditional prayer for rich harvest in the village of Dolni Voden, Bulgaria, July 9, 2017. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov 

A man walks inside a closed mutton market in Lucknow, India March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar 

A dog sleeps inside a closed mutton market in Lucknow, India March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar 

A worker sits inside a closed mutton market in Lucknow, India March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar 

Men hammer mutton to prepare a Kashmiri dish called Rista at a roadside eatery in Srinagar, April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Ismail 

Women eat lamb meat on skewers at a shopping district in Beijing February 10, 2015. China is the world's largest producer of lamb and mutton, with a flock estimated at nearly 140 million in 2011, but output has been declining as farmable land shrinks due to urbanisation. Lamb has traditionally been consumed mainly in China's northeast, but a growing urban middle class in expanding cities wants more protein and has broader tastes. The Chinese Lunar New Year on February 19 will welcome the Year of the Sheep (also known as the Year of the Goat or Ram).REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY) 

Lamb meat is grilled on charcoal at a Mongolian style restaurant Nine-Nine Yurts in Beijing February 10, 2015. China is the world's largest producer of lamb and mutton, with a flock estimated at nearly 140 million in 2011, but output has been declining as farmable land shrinks due to urbanisation. Lamb has traditionally been consumed mainly in China's northeast, but a growing urban middle class in expanding cities wants more protein and has broader tastes. The Chinese Lunar New Year on February 19 will welcome the Year of the Sheep (also known as the Year of the Goat or Ram).REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: FOOD ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) 

A cook controls a machine to grill lamb meats at a Mongolian style restaurant Nine-Nine Yurts in Beijing February 10, 2015. China is the world's largest producer of lamb and mutton, with a flock estimated at nearly 140 million in 2011, but output has been declining as farmable land shrinks due to urbanisation. Lamb has traditionally been consumed mainly in China's northeast, but a growing urban middle class in expanding cities wants more protein and has broader tastes. The Chinese Lunar New Year on February 19 will welcome the Year of the Sheep (also known as the Year of the Goat or Ram).REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) 

Cooks cut grilled lamb meats at a Mongolian style restaurant Nine-Nine Yurts in Beijing February 10, 2015. China is the world's largest producer of lamb and mutton, with a flock estimated at nearly 140 million in 2011, but output has been declining as farmable land shrinks due to urbanisation. Lamb has traditionally been consumed mainly in China's northeast, but a growing urban middle class in expanding cities wants more protein and has broader tastes. The Chinese Lunar New Year on February 19 will welcome the Year of the Sheep (also known as the Year of the Goat or Ram).REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY) 

A herdsman drives his sheep at a corn field at Dashiwo village, on the outskirts of Beijing January 26, 2015. China is the world's largest producer of lamb and mutton, with a flock estimated at nearly 140 million in 2011, but output has been declining as farmable land shrinks due to urbanisation. Lamb has traditionally been consumed mainly in China's northeast, but a growing urban middle class in expanding cities wants more protein and has broader tastes. The Chinese Lunar New Year on February 19 will welcome the Year of the Sheep (also known as the Year of the Goat or Ram). Picture taken January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY ANIMALS FOOD SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE) 

A herdsman drives his sheep at a corn field at Dashiwo village, on the outskirts of Beijing January 26, 2015. China is the world's largest producer of lamb and mutton, with a flock estimated at nearly 140 million in 2011, but output has been declining as farmable land shrinks due to urbanisation. Lamb has traditionally been consumed mainly in China's northeast, but a growing urban middle class in expanding cities wants more protein and has broader tastes. The Chinese Lunar New Year on February 19 will welcome the Year of the Sheep (also known as the Year of the Goat or Ram). Picture taken January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY ANIMALS FOOD SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE) 

Blake Schock, 6, grimaces as he falls off his sheep in the "Mutton Bustin'" competition at the 108th National Western Stock Show in Denver January 11, 2014. The show, which features more than 15,000 head of livestock, opened on Saturday and runs through January 26. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

Tristan Padilla, 6, hangs onto a sheep in the "Mutton Bustin'" competition at the 108th National Western Stock Show in Denver January 11, 2014. The show, which features more than 15,000 head of livestock, opened on Saturday and runs through January 26. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

Robby Milky, 6, hangs onto a sheep in the "Mutton Bustin'" competition at the 108th National Western Stock Show in Denver January 11, 2014. The show, which features more than 15,000 head of livestock, opened on Saturday and runs through January 26. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

Haley Walker, 5, hangs onto a sheep in the "Mutton Bustin'" competition at the 108th National Western Stock Show in Denver January 11, 2014. The show, which features more than 15,000 head of livestock, opened on Saturday and runs through January 26. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Haley Walker, 5, hangs onto a sheep in the "Mutton Bustin'" competition at the 108th National Western Stock Show in Denver January 11, 2014. The show, which features more than 15,000 head of livestock, opened on Saturday and runs through January 26. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Villagers fuel a fire with wood and cardboard while cooking pots of mutton and beef at the end of the day in Qunu, December 13, 2013. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD) 

A volunteer poses for a photograph as he carries a pan full of mutton curry before serving at the Saylani Welfare Trust food distribution stall in Karachi, June 5, 2013. The Saylani Welfare Trust is a non-profit organisation that provides free food daily to needy and low income families twice a day. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY POVERTY) 

Workers place caps on pots filled with mutton curry, before their distribution, in the Saylani Welfare Trust office building in Karachi, June 5, 2013. The Saylani Welfare Trust is a non-profit organisation that provides free food daily to needy and low income families twice a day. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY POVERTY) 

Workers prepare mutton curry in the Saylani Welfare Trust office building in Karachi, June 5, 2013. The Saylani Welfare Trust is a non-profit organisation that provides free food daily to needy and low income families twice a day. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY POVERTY) 

A worker cleans mutton in an abattoir in the Saylani Welfare Trust office building in Karachi, June 5, 2013. The Saylani Welfare Trust is a non-profit organisation that provides free food daily to needy and low income families twice a day. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY POVERTY) 

A worker staples a label on a mutton curry pot, before its distribution, in the Saylani Welfare Trust office building in Karachi, June 5, 2013. The Saylani Welfare Trust is a non-profit organisation that provides free food daily to needy and low income families twice a day. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY POVERTY) 

A worker hangs mutton in a cold storage unit in the Saylani Welfare Trust office building in Karachi, June 5, 2013. The Saylani Welfare Trust is a non-profit organisation that provides free food daily to needy and low income families twice a day. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY FOOD TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A vendor reads as she waits for customers inside a butcher shop at a market in Beijing, February 25, 2013. China's consumer price index rose 3.2 percent in February from a year earlier, a 10-month high, official data released on Saturday showed. The pick up in inflation from just 2 percent in January was driven by a 6 percent increase in food prices. Prices that rise too much could jeopardise a government preference to allow economic growth to stabilise after it eased in 2012 to its weakest full-year pace in over a decade. Growth only started to pick up in the fourth quarter after a seven-quarter-long slide. Picture taken February 25, 2013. To match Analysis CHINA-ECONOMY/INFLATION REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD) 

Vendors arrange Uuts, which refers to the mutton's back part and tail, at a meat market in Ulan Bator February 4, 2013. Customers buy Uuts in preparation for traditional celebration rituals that will be held on Tsaagan Sar, the Mongolian New Year. Tsaagan Sar will be observed on February 11 in 2013. Picture taken February 4, 2013. REUTERS/B.Rentsendorj (MONGOLIA - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Muslims wait to buy mutton skewers during the Eid al-Fitr festival, outside Huxi Mosque in Shanghai August 19, 2012. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD) 

A butcher carries mutton during the holy month of Ramadan in downtown Tunisia August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Farmers stand near livestock that died from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), outside a veterinary centre during a protest in Ibsheway el-Malaq village in Gharbia governorate March 12, 2012. Farmers on Monday protested against the government for not taking effective action to combat the outbreak of FMD in Egypt and demanded compensation for their affected livestock. The farmers added that consumers are abstaining from purchasing beef and mutton, causing prices of fish and chicken to rise. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: ANIMALS AGRICULTURE HEALTH BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST) 

A woman walks past livestock that died from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), outside a veterinary centre in Ibsheway el-Malaq village in Gharbia governorate March 12, 2012. Farmers on Monday protested against the government for not taking effective action to combat the outbreak of FMD in Egypt and demanded compensation for their affected livestock. The farmers added that consumers are abstaining from purchasing beef and mutton, causing prices of fish and chicken to rise. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: ANIMALS HEALTH AGRICULTURE CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS) 

Children walk past livestock that died from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) placed by farmers outside a veterinary centre during a protest in Ibsheway el-Malaq village in Gharbia governorate March 12, 2012. Farmers on Monday protested against the government for not taking effective action to combat the outbreak of FMD in Egypt and demanded for compensation for their affected livestock. The farmers added that consumers are abstaining from purchasing beef and mutton, causing prices of fish and chicken to rise. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: ANIMALS CIVIL UNREST HEALTH AGRICULTURE) 

Farmers place livestock that died from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outside a veterinary centre during a protest in Ibsheway el-Malaq village in Gharbia governorate March 12, 2012. Farmers on Monday protested against the government for not taking effective action to combat the outbreak of FMD in Egypt and demanded for compensation for their affected livestock. The farmers added that consumers are abstaining from purchasing beef and mutton, causing prices of fish and chicken to rise. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: ANIMALS CIVIL UNREST HEALTH AGRICULTURE) 

Livestock that died from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) are placed by farmers outside a veterinary centre during a protest in Ibsheway el-Malaq village in Gharbia governorate March 12, 2012. Farmers on Monday protested against the government for not taking effective action to combat the outbreak of FMD in Egypt and demanded for compensation for their affected livestock. The farmers added that consumers are abstaining from purchasing beef and mutton, causing prices of fish and chicken to rise. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: ANIMALS CIVIL UNREST HEALTH AGRICULTURE) 

Farmers place livestock that died from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outside a veterinary centre during a protest in Ibsheway el-Malaq village in Gharbia governorate March 12, 2012. Farmers on Monday protested against the government for not taking effective action to combat the outbreak of FMD in Egypt and demanded for compensation for their affected livestock. The farmers added that consumers are abstaining from purchasing beef and mutton, causing prices of fish and chicken to rise. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: ANIMALS CIVIL UNREST HEALTH AGRICULTURE) 

Farmers place livestock that died from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outside a veterinary centre during a protest in Ibsheway el-Malaq village in Gharbia governorate March 12, 2012. Farmers on Monday protested against the government for not taking effective action to combat the outbreak of FMD in Egypt and demanded for compensation for their affected livestock. The farmers added that consumers are abstaining from purchasing beef and mutton, causing prices of fish and chicken to rise. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: ANIMALS CIVIL UNREST HEALTH AGRICULTURE) 

Farmers place livestock that died from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outside a veterinary centre during a protest in Ibsheway el-Malaq village in Gharbia governorate March 12, 2012. Farmers on Monday protested against the government for not taking effective action to combat the outbreak of FMD in Egypt and demanded for compensation for their affected livestock. The farmers added that consumers are abstaining from purchasing beef and mutton, causing prices of fish and chicken to rise. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: ANIMALS CIVIL UNREST HEALTH AGRICULTURE) 

A butcher prepares mutton for sale before the Eid al-Adha festival in Tripoli November 5, 2011. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha, marking the end of the haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouni (LIBYA - Tags: ANIMALS RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A woman buys mutton from a butcher in preparation for the Eid al-Adha festival in Tripoli November 5, 2011. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha, marking the end of the haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouni (LIBYA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A butcher prepares mutton for sale before the Eid al-Adha festival in Tripoli November 5, 2011. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha, marking the end of the haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouni (LIBYA - Tags: RELIGION ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A Kashmiri butcher selling mutton waits for customers at market in Srinagar September 22, 2011. India's food price index rose 8.84 percent in the year to September 10, government data on Thursday showed. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD) 

A butcher prepares meat in downtown Amman July 28, 2011, ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. REUTERS/Majed Jaber (JORDAN - Tags: FOOD BUSINESS RELIGION) 

Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, watch mutton busting at the Calgary Stampede with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2nd R) and his wife Laureen (L) in Calgary, Alberta, July 7, 2011. The Prince and his wife are on a royal tour of Canada from June 30 to July 8. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA - Tags: ROYALS ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

A Muslim man pauses while stirring a mutton dish as "kurban" (animal sacrifice) as he prepares for a traditional prayer for rich harvest in the village of Dolni Voden, some 180 km (112 miles) east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, July 3, 2011. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A Muslim man stirs a mutton dish as "kurban" (animal sacrifice) while preparing for a traditional prayer for rich harvest in the village of Dolni Voden, some 180 km (112 miles) east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, July 3, 2011. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Muslim men stir a mutton dish as "kurban" (animal sacrifice) while preparing for a traditional prayer for rich harvest in the village of Dolni Voden, some 180 km (112 miles) east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, July 3, 2011. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A Muslim man stirs a mutton dish as "kurban" (animal sacrifice) while preparing for a traditional prayer for rich harvest in the village of Dolni Voden, some 180 km (112 miles) east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, July 3, 2011. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A man chops mutton inside his shop in Mumbai, May 19, 2011. India's food price index rose 7.47 percent in the year to May 7, government data showed on Thursday. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY FOOD) 

A fan attending a rock music festival eats mutton skewers during a performance at the 2011 MIDI Music Festival in Shanghai, May 6, 2011. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY)