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Actor Khaqan Shahnawaz has a message for everyone who thinks the third thing everyone must do on Eidul Azha after Eid prayers and sacrificing animals is to post pictures of their carcasses.

The actor posted a story on Saturday, saying, “Posting pictures of sacrificed animals is a sign of ignorance.”

He advised his followers, “Respect your sacrificial animals. You sacrifice them for God, not for social media.”

While Shahnawaz didn’t point any fingers, there is a persistent trend of people posting pictures of bloodied carcasses and even videos of themselves during the actual slaughter of animal — a graphic display most people want to see.

In a similar vein to Shahnawaz, Ali Gul Pir also had some qualms about the way people celebrate Eidul Azha. In a video posted on the first day of Eid (Wednesday), the comedian described a “nightmare” outside his house with “smells, blood running through the streets, guts lying in the open and goats hanging from utility poles”.

He said people were choosing to throw dirt over the blood pooling in the open, which “doesn’t do much to the blood”. He also criticised people who had multiple animals to sacrifice and were slaughtering one animal in front of the others.

Gul Pir urged people to skip the “horror show” and fulfil their religious obligations with respect.

The caption for the Karachi-based comedian’s post said — we assume sarcastically — “Cut up animals on the road, throw out their intestines. Our city is too clean, it needs some blood.”