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Yesterday, was speaking to a Gaurakshak. She is one gutsy lady. Chases cow smugglers and butchers with her small team of volunteers, often in the wee hours of the morning. Has been attacked several times by Kasais. The stories she told are gut-wrenching.
Often 8-10 calves are crammed into a Maruti van for transportation. To make them fit, their legs are broken. Even when the van is apprehended and the animals rescued, less than half survive, the others die of asphyxiation, exhaustion and injuries.
Even the cops file chargesheets on cow smugglers, lenient judges let them out on bail soon. Stealing cows for beef is big business, as the cow smugglers and butchers spend nothing but the farmers lose.
If @peta and @PetaIndia had any courage, they would file a PIL against the cow smugglers and the way cows are transported. Indescribable cruelty. But @peta only cares for alleged cruelty shown to #Jallikattu bulls.
The Gaurakshaks are fighting vilification, slander in the media, lack of administration support and public apathy. I asked her ‘why do you do it’ - ‘because someone has to’, she replied.
The same ‘animal lovers’ who whine about their dogs on DiwaLi are absolutely silent on documented cruelty to cows, only because cows are sacred to a majority of Hindus. If Hindus treat cows like any other animal, the fake animal lovers will suddenly discover that cows have rights
