India: Agriculture minister's solution to stray cattle problem
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India
Published May 30, 2023
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Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel on Sunday said that the problem of stray cows will be solved only if society treats them as mothers and finds value in all their products, according to a report by The Indian Express.
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While speaking at GauTech 2023, a five-day expo on cow-based industries that concluded in Rajkot, Patel said that people tend to let their cows loose after they stop producing milk and this was leading to the issue of feral cattle. Also Read — Four trucks, catchers, cattle pound: How BBMP clears stray cows from streets “We worship the cow as our mother. But as soon as it stops producing milk, we are letting it loose on the road. This is why cows are foraging on dung hills and straying on roads,”Patel was quoted as saying in the report. “This all will stop only when the society understands the utility of the cow, treats it as a mother and finds use of whatever it produces.” The minister urged individuals to create value-added products from cow dung and urine as they are equally useful by-products. Patel further said that one cow of our indigenous breed is sufficient to support ...
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