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Volume 10 Issue 2 The International Society for Cow Protection 2000

Inside This Issue

Letters page 3

Hidden Costs of AnimalFactories

page 5

Ox Training Lessons Re-vised

page 6

Is Nothing Sacred? page 8

God Against Cow Slaugh-ter

page 9

ISCOWP Update page 12

Cow Protection at Daund,India

page 13

Ganga Gives Birth to Baby Veda, a Bull Calf!

Ox Lessons: "Back" and Pullingraja and Gita learned how topull a load behind them at theage of 8 months. In the toppicture of this page, Vraja

and Gita are practicing their lessons bypulling a load between the narrow con-fines of two trees. Balabhadra, their team-ster, is preparing them for more difficultexperiences in the woods while logging.

Now that Vraja and Gita are 8 yearsold, they are very experienced logging inthe woods and have gathered several win-ter's wood supply for heating our home.By showing the usefulness of oxen, likeVraja and Gita, an argument is madeagainst their use for meat consumption.The position that oxen (male cows) areuseless is refuted.

This issue contains other positionsagainst the slaughter of cows both in theUSA and elsewhere. There are many rea-sons to not slaughter cows, in fact millionson many fronts; environmental, ecological,moral, religious, health, world hunger, andmore. The goal of cow exploitation is eco-nomic gain. The goal of cow protection isworld peace.

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ISCOWP ProfileISCOWP was incorporated in the state

of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., March 1990, as anon-profit educational organization.William and Irene Dove (Balabhadra dasand Chayadevi dasi) are its managing direc-tors. They are disciples of His DivineGrace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhu-pada, the Founder Acharya of the Interna-tional Society for Krsna Consciousness(ISKCON). Through their spiritual master'steachings, they have imbibed the practicesand benefits, both spiritual and material, oflifetime cow protection.

ISCOWP's primary concern is to pre-sent alternatives to agricultural practicesthat support and depend upon the meat in-dustry and industrialized, petroleum pow-ered machinery. To this end, ISCOWPtrains oxen (male cows or steers) to replacefarm machinery and thereby show an alter-native to their slaughter. The tenets of cowprotection and ox-power are universal andnonsectarian, available to all regardless ofrace, creed, or nationality.

ISCOWP Goals1) To systematically educate all people inthe practice of cow protection in order tocheck the imbalance of values in life and toachieve real unity and peace in the world.

2) To bring the members of the Society to-gether with each other, thus developing theidea within the members, and humanity atlarge, the great necessity and benefit of rec-ognizing the cow as the mother who givesmilk to the human society and the bull asthe father whose labor in the field producesfood for humanity in the form of grains andvegetables.

3) To teach and encourage peaceful dietarypractices based on lacto-vegetarianism.

4) To establish branches of the Interna-tional Society for Cow Protection Inc. andencourage any organization that complieswith this charter.

5) To bring the members closer together forthe purpose of teaching and establishing asimple agrarian lifestyle based on a cow-

human-land relationship and utilizing theprinciple of cruelty free, lifetime protec-tion toward all God's creatures, especiallythe cows and bulls.

6) To establish and maintain a traveling,educational program representing the rel-evance of the cows and bulls in societytoday.

7) With a view towards achieving theaforementioned purposes, to publish anddistribute periodicals, books and otherwritings.

8) To receive, administer and distributefunds and all other things necessary andproper in furtherance of the above statedpurposes.

ISCOWP ActivitiesOx-power, An Alternative Energy

At ISCOWP's headquarters, Vra-japura Farm, fields for all crops (rice, rye,wheat, herbs and vegetables) are preparedby ox-power. In the winter, logging byoxen provides wood for heating andcooking. Due to the oxen's ability to haulloads, petroleum powered machinery isbeing replaced for farm chores and plansare developing for ox powered machineryto provide electrical power.

Ox-power Seminars

Seminars are given in living class-room settings involving hands-on instruc-tion at locations such as Russia, NorthCarolina, Pennsylvania, and West Vir-ginia, U.S.A. If you wish to partake insuch a seminar or wish to have one inyour area, contact ISCOWP for seminarschedules.

Training Teamsters and Oxen

Teamsters and oxen are trainedworld-wide. Prospective students are en-couraged to contact ISCOWP for eitherindividual instruction or seminar sched-ules. At Vrajapura Farm there are 6trained ox teams available for the trainingof students.

Educational Videos, Newsletters, and

E-Mail Network

"Training Oxen by Voice Com-mands" and "ISCOWP Travels to Be-

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Protection, INC. (ISCOWP)

larus" are videos filmed and produced byISCOWP. 8 years in publication, thequarterly ISCOWP News informs itsreaders of cow protection activitiesworld-wide. 5 years in existence, theISKCON COM cow conference offers aforum for practical and philosophicaldiscussions to over 80 members from 18countries. ISCOWP's WEB page offersoriginal cow protection T-shirts and fur-ther information.

ISCOWP Outreach

5 years of travel with oxen through-out the United States’ major cities andtowns has resulted in presenting thou-sands of people with the message of cowprotection and ox-power.

Developing Vrajapura Farm

ISCOWP's headquarters, consistingof 137 acres, provides a setting for semi-nars, hands-on instruction, ISCOWP'soffice, and an example of ox-power andlife centered on the land and cows. AtVrajapura Farm, twenty-four cows andoxen are provided lifetime protection.Recently purchased, it is presently in thebeginning stages of development

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LettersFrom: "Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP(New Vrindavan - USA)"<[email protected]>To: "Cow (Protection and related issues)"<[email protected]>Subject: One VAD possibilityDate: Sunday, March 19, 2000 11:22 PM

I am writing this Gaura Pournima morn-ing. Some portions are lifted from previ-ous texts, which accounts for the lack ofgood flow. This is not meant as a finishedpolished piece, more as a start to be madeon this auspicious day. Please ex-cuse the obvious flaws in good writ-ing technique and try to see the con-cepts.

Before I woke this morning, I had adream that I remembered on waking.I dreamt I was in India, and therehad been a big flood along a riverthat had wiped out all the bridges.There was a great sense of separa-tion, of loss, disruption, and an ur-gency to reestablish the bridges, yetthe materials in the old bridges hadbeen completely washed away.There were stone walkways andplazas, where the stones had beenset thousands of years before, care-fully cut and set with a greatly ad-mired workmanship that had beenused and were an integral part ofthe patterns of life along the river.They were of a gray type of granite, ex-tremely durable.

The need for bridges was so great, how-ever, that permission was granted to prythese stones from the ground and usethem for rebuilding the bridges. The peo-ple begin prying them from the ground,often lacking even tools and working onlywith bare hands. The task of rebuildingwas huge, daunting, but, with applied en-ergy, doable.

When I awoke, I thought of the bridgesas being the key portions of the old formsof VAD that had been swept away in theflood of modern ugrakarma. The stonewalkways and plazas represented the por-tions of VAD that had survived. The tear-ing up of old walkways was not seen as

the destruction of the old ways, but ofthe reconfiguring of them in ways in or-der to rebuild the bridges that are sonecessary for the survival of thegreater concepts, even if manifest indifferent forms than historicallyrecorded.

ONE VISION OF VARNASHRAM

DHARMA (VAD) UNFOLDING IN

MODERN TIMES.

Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 8: ChapterTwenty-four, Text 5 :PURPORT

Without protection of cows, brahminical

culture cannot be maintained; and with-out brahminical culture, the aim of lifecannot be fulfilled.

Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 1: ChapterNineteen, Text ; :PURPORT

Cow protection means feeding the brah-minical culture, which leads towardsGod consciousness, and thus perfectionof human civilization is achieved.

These are only two representativequotes from hundreds about the neces-sity for cow protection in Srila Prabhu-pada's books. Largely, they have beenignored in ISKCON, which is only to

be expected, since ISKCON had it's gen-esis in the belly of the beast ofugrakarmic culture. By the 1960s , over90% of the population of the US thatSrila Prabhupada came to had been eitherdriven or lured from a connection to theland. Not only were they disconnected,but they had been brainwashed to thinkthat lack of connection made them some-how more sophisticated or advanced inmaterial civilization.

A civilization based on cow protection isgoing totally against the grain. So how todo such a thing. Early attempts by

ISKCON projects have been by andlarge failures, with lots of breedingand no long range plan to deal withunslaughtered animals. The nectar inthe beginning of milk productionsoon turned into the poison of under-supported, overflowing barns ofnonproductive animals. Addition-ally, the reality of the lives of mostWestern devotees is such that the ro-mantic agrarianistic vision of whatVAD was is emotionally unobtain-able. Even those who have a desireto try, very quickly hit the hard eco-nomic realities of land ownership,lack of an older generation to drawguidance from, and harsh competi-tion from agribusiness that maintainsartificially low prices subsidized bythe blood of cows and the blood ofthe earth in the form of oil.

So how to make a situation where youngidealists can get out on the land withoutdissipating their youth just accumulatingthe capital necessary to get there? Howto connect devotees in urban circum-stances whose realities are such that theyare most likely to remain in the cities?How to build a society based on the prin-ciples of VAD when the historical cir-cumstances have been so radicallychanged? How to provide the stable so-cial environment for cow protection toflourish, thus meeting the preconditionnecessary for brahminical culture toflourish?

The key thing is establishment of Truststo protect the cows and properties at thecore of a Krsna conscious community.Once things are held in Trusts, as, inci-

Cow drawing contributed by Dr. Rama

Paliwal

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for such things,then it would be a waterfast. As the connection grows, theycould have all sorts of things, no limi-tation, except that it be grown bydevotees. Other varnas would be ex-pected to help make a nice arrangementfor brahmanas on those days, and tofollow themselves as they feel inspired.This would stimulate demand for devo-tee products. The other is that no bloodmilk be allowed to be offered to anyDeities. If no protected milk is avail-able, the Temple would pay into aTrust an amount over and above the fi-nancial cost of the blood milk, equal towhat it would have additionally cost toproduce the protected milk. This istypically 4 times blood milk marketprice. The eventual goal would be thatthe Trust would be generating enoughincome to actually buy real protectedmilk from devotee communities.

So, stay in the city, make money,fund Trusts that subsidize devotee agri-culture that produces protected milk tooffer to Krsna in the temples. Supportcolleges that produce devotees that ei-ther move to the land, or stay in thecity, make money, fund Trusts thatsubsidize devotee agriculture that pro-duces protected milk to offer to Krsnain the temples.

In this way, we have brahmanas pro-viding education, vaisyas generatingcapital and agricultural products, and-ksatriyas providing land for the benefitof the other varnas. If all that is hap-pening, lots of work opportunities forsudras.

SeedsWhile going through your Volume 8 is-sue 3, we find that the information isrequired on seed preservation. In India,three organizations to our knowledgeare doing pioneer work whose namesand addresses are given below:

1. Beej Bachao Andolan, Haveidhari,PO: Nagani - 249 1745 Tehri, Garhwal(UP)2.Dr. Vandana Shiva, A-60, Hauz

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dentally, Srila Prabhupada ordered, thendevotee's stability can be more assured.Most, if not all, successful enduring insti-tutions, use Trusts to ensure stability.Large donors are more apt to support Trusttype situations. These trusts could be sep-arate from ISKCON, in the sense that theywill not be under the direct control ofISKCON per se. I like the term GreaterISKCON, to start to develop a societycentered around Krsna but not necessarilyunder one legal umbrella.

ISKCON should, I believe, evolve morealong the lines of educational institutions,another of Srila Prabhupada's instructionsthat has been pretty much ignored.ISKCON centers would be places wherepeople come to get education of religiousand hopefully also practical knowledge.Key difference is that now, when devoteescome to the temple, expectation is that theyhave made a lifetime commitment, andwhen, as they inevitably do, they leave,they are considered blooped. In the SrilaPrabhupada paradigm, they would be con-sidered alumni, and treated as valued po-tential contributors. Thus I see ISKCONevolving more as a brahminical organiza-tion, with Deity worship, education, andcommunity counseling as their focus.

The vast majority of devotees would moveon, with blessings. Networks of devoteebusinesses would hopefully work somewhatcooperatively and provide employment op-portunities for graduates. Others maymove on and get regular jobs in regular so-ciety, the cash economy. Most of thesedevotees would be in urban environments,so how to be connected? They could makedonations to Trusts set up to protect cows.

While it is indisputable that VAD is landbased, I am not an agrarian\ romanticist.One barrier to actually having more devo-tees on the land has been the unrealistic ex-pectations placed on them. Another of theeither/or type deals. However, materiallife is not about the actual attainment ofsome idealistic situation, but rather thestruggle, or endeavor to attain such anideal. As I hope to make a VAD cliché, itis not where you are at, but the directionyou are heading. Yes, there are citydwellers who would be engaged in thecash economy. The method by which they

would be plugged into VAD would be bypurifying the blood milk they drink bypaying into Trusts that own the land atthe core of the Greater ISKCON farmingcommunities. Past experiences of throw-ing money at farm projects that was usedfor operational expenses has not beenvery successful. The donations to Trustswould be capital gifts, the assets of whichwould be managed by trustees. Thetrustees will be the modern day ksatriyas

Facility would be provided by the Trustso the young idealists who did want to getdirectly onto the land, would be able todo so while still young, instead of havingto expend their peak productive yearsmaking the money to get into the situa-tions themselves. There would be a mixof temple property, leased land, and pri-vate ownership. But it would require alot of initial capitalization, which iswhere those still in the cash economywould be essential.

In the long term, devotees on the farmswould ideally be producing land basedproducts for sale to the city devotees,which would further stimulate the agrar-ian economies. Often the hardest part offarming is not the growing, but the mar-keting. Initially, however, the cash econ-omy devotees would continue to purchasefrom the agribusiness markets ( the defacto reality we have anyway).

As for the ISKCON colleges, a minimalpart of every devotees education wouldbe at least one summer spent in a ruralcommunity, either as part of a templeprogram, or as an apprentice on a pri-vately run devotee farm. Even though themajority of devotees will not stay on thefarm, it will give them an appreciationand a broader perspective. Connection tothe land is an essential part of VAD. Forsome, this will be a direct connection,for most, it will be in the form of retreatsto farm communities, and by supportingfinancially the Trusts that are expandingthe land based economies.

Brahmans show by example. So twopractical ideas how to stimulate all ofthis. One, for two days each month, allbrahmanas would eat only things grownby devotees. If they have no connection

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s the U.S. discards its familyfarms and in their place erectsfactory farms, we might consider

the costs. Here we will consider only onecost: the harm to human health from in-creased use of antibiotics in confinedlivestock operations, sometimes knownas animal factories.

As most people know, modern animalfactories in the U.S. now raise tens ofthousands of chickens, cattleand pigs in the smallest pos-sible space. The animals arephysically close to each other-- jammed together might bea better description -- so anoutbreak of disease can passreadily from animal to ani-mal. To prevent this fromhappening -- and to promoterapid growth -- the animalsare regularly treated with an-tibiotics.

The Institute of Medicine, adivision of the NationalAcademy of Sciences, beganto question this practice in1989.[1] The Institute identi-fied a hazard to humanhealth: the creation ofantibiotic-resistant bacteriawhich can cause serious hu-man diseases.

Resistance is a well-understood phe-nomenon. Not all bacteria are affectedequally by antibiotics -- some bacteria aregenetically able to resist the killing ef-fects of an antibiotic. As a result, when agroup of bacteria is dosed with an antibi-otic, some hardy bacteria survive. Theseresistant bacteria reproduce and the nexttime they are dosed with the same antibi-otic, a hardy few survive again. Eventu-ally, the only surviving bacteria are im-mune to that particular antibiotic. Theyhave developed "resistance," and thatantibiotic has lost its effectiveness againstthose bacteria. As time passes, some bac-teria can develop resistance to multiple

antibiotics and these are referred to as"multi-drug-resistant strains." Such multi-drug-resistant bacteria are a serious medi-cal concern because they may cause dis-eases that are difficult or impossible tocure, the Institute of Medicine said in1992.[2,pg.92]

Some of the costs of antibiotic-resistantbacteria were summarized by the Instituteof Medicine:

"An increasingly important contributor tothe emergence of microbial threats tohealth is drug [antibiotic] resistance. Mi-crobes that once were easily controlled byantimicrobial drugs are, more and moreoften, causing infections that no longer re-spond to treatment with thesedrugs."[2,pg.92]

The Institute went on to outline the humancosts of antibiotic-resistant germs:"Treating resistant infections requires theuse of more expensive or more toxic alter-native drugs and longer hospital stays; inaddition, it frequently means a higher riskof death for the patient harboring a resis-

tant pathogen. Estimates of the cost ofantibiotic resistance in the United Statesannually range as high as $30 billion.Even with the continuing development ofnew drugs, resistance to antibiotics is anincreasingly important problem with cer-tain bacterial pathogens."[2,pg.93]

The Institute laid the problem squarelyon the doorstep of animal factories:"New agricultural procedures can alsohave unanticipated microbiological ef-fects. For example, the introduction offeedlots and large-scale poultry rearingand processing facilities has been impli-cated in the increasing incidence of hu-

man pathogens, such asSALMONELLA, in domes-tic animals over the past 30years. The use of antibioticsto enhance the growth of andprevent illness in domesticanimals has been questionedbecause of its potential rolein the development and dis-semination of antibiotic re-sistance. Approximately halfthe tonnage of antibioticsproduced in the U.S. is usedin the raising of animals forhuman consumption. Thus,concerns about the selectionof antibiotic-resistant strainsof bacteria and their passageinto the human population asa result of this excessive useof antibiotics are realis-tic."[2,pg.64] Throughoutthe 1990s, awareness of thisproblem has been growing.

In May 1998, the federal Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention reported inthe NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OFMEDICINE that a strain of salmonellabacteria had emerged in the U.S. in thelast 5 years which is resistant to 5 differ-ent antibiotics.[3] Called typhimuriumDT 104, this rapidly-emerging bacteriumis responsible for an estimated 68,000 to340,000 illnesses each year in the U.S.The proportion of salmonella infectionscaused by typhimurium DT 104 in-creased 30-fold in the U.S. between 1980and 1996.


In a factory farm, bull calves are sold as veal or when they are about

2 years old, they are sold as beef. If they are allowed to grow up they

can become oxen like Lion and Sparky, Chris Davison's team in

Forsyth, Georgia. They show people at educational events the joy of

working oxen and the pleasure that oxen can bring to all of us.

HIDDEN COSTS OF

ANIMAL FACTORIES*

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Third Lesson - The Command "Back"

here will be times when you hookup to your load, that your initialposition of oxen to load will re-quire that you back up to the load.

This is not an easy task for your ox, asbacking up is not a normal occurrence forthem, especially yoked together. They willbe concerned as to what is behind themand they will hesitate to back up.

There are several ways you can encouragethem to back up. One is by putting one ofyour hands on each of their heads gentlypushing on their heads and giving thecommand "Back." Never forget to usetheir names first before the command sothey know you are talking to them.

If this doesn't work easily for you, kneelin front of them, and put a hand on theirchest (brisket) and massage their chestsimultaneously pushing back. Onceagain, call their name and use the com-mand "Back."

The third method that we use is by re-peatedly TAPPING them on the kneeswith the lash. Notice the emphasis ontapping. Do not use the lash in a waythat will hurt them. Just tap them on theknee. Once again, call their name firstand then say "Back."

If you have time to practice before try-ing this in a working situation, that is

best. We always train themto back up after they haveunderstood the four initialcommands of "Get Up,""Whoa," "Gee," and"Haw."

If you have an alley waythat they can fit into butcan't turn around in, youcan practice in the alleyway. The reason is be-cause a lot of times whenbacking up, their backends will have the ten-dency to move away fromeach other.So their

heads will stay close to-gether and their back endswill be spreading apart. Ifyou see this happening,stop, and go to their rearends and push on their rearend one at a time in thedirection you want them toclose up which is towardseach other. Then call theox by name whose rear endyou are pushing and givethe command "Over."

He will move his back feetin such a way that he isstepping towards his partner and closing

the gap. Then go to his partner and do thesame thing. They should back up straightwhile not spreading apart.

So if you are practicing in an alley, thiswill force them to back straight and theywill get use to backing up straight be-cause of the narrow confines of the alley.

You must be patient as any show ofanger, yelling, or screaming will onlycause them to be nervous and will delaythe desired results of backing up nicely.

Top: The team Agni and Shaym

are gentle, obedient, and good

workers. They are the team of

choice for training new team-

sters since they are also small

in stature and therefore easier

to handle. Here Balabhadra is

demonstrating one way to give

the command "Back."

Middle:The second way to give

the command "Back" is by tap-

ping their knees.

Bottom: The third way to give

the command "Back" is to mas-

sage and push on their chests

simultaneously.

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of pounds he is lifting gradually accord-ing to his conditioning and ability. Thesame should be true for your team. Theyshould never be hooked to a load theycannot pull.

At first you should be working in openareas pulling for a distance, resting, andpulling again for a certain distance orallotted time period. After every 2 or 3pulls, practice unhooking them from theload, making a "Gee" or "Haw" turn,(whichever they need more practice on)approaching your load and hooking upagain. In this way they will become fa-miliar with what is expected of them inhooking up to a load.

After several days of working in openspaces, depending on the ability of yourteam (how fast they have learned thepulling) take them into a lightly woodedarea which is in essence like an obstaclecourse. Now you can practice pulling a


logs, a sled full ofrocks, a cultivator, aspring tooth harrow,and now a sickle barmower to bush-hog(cut the grasses) ourpasture.

Be sensitive to theirconditioning and abili-ties and understand thatthis is something newto them and they willneed time to becomeadept at it. Just like aweight lifter graduallyworks up to the number

n the very beginning there is thenoise factor which they will finddisturbing. Vraja and Gita keptturning their heads inward at ev-

ery step to see what the noise was andwhen they figured something was behindthem they settled down. To diminish theirapprehension, I first approached the objectto be pulled by walking them up to it tosniff at it. I then put the chain on it, andhooked them up. They could then under-stand it was the log which was making thenoise as it traveled behind them.

From the very beginning they should learnto start as a team by standing while theload is hooked to the yoke irons. Then,upon the command "Get up," start togetherto get the most efficiency from their com-bined efforts. Not that one is starting aheadof the other. In the beginning your teamwill be pulling light loads. If they do notstart together it will not be so noticeable.However; the uneven starting will be read-ily noticeable when they are grown andexpected to pull heavy loads. As a result,the pulling efficiency of your team, espe-cially on the initial start, will be greatlydiminished.

Start with something light so they knowthey are moving something. As they learnmore and more that they are pulling some-thing, or are expected to pull, you can in-crease the size of their load. Vraja andGita started with a light log, then heavier

Fourth Lesson-PULLING

Top: The chain is placed through the

ring and hooked to the load.

Middle: Vraja and Gita, at 8 months

old, are allowed to inspect the load they

will pull.

Bottom: Vraja & Gita pulling the load.

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Clark's announced last week that it willreview the purchase of products madefrom Indian leather. PETA's hit list alsoincludes Florsheim, Nordstrom, CasualCorner and other retail chains. "It's awake-up call to India's leather industry,"says PETA's Indian campaign coordina-tor Jason Baker. "If it doesn't do some-thing soon to stop the cruelty againstcows, there will be no leather industryleft."

India's leather barons are worried that theprotests will cripple exports to the West.Nearly 4,000 tanneries and leather-goodsfactories depend on the export trade. The

industry employs around 1.7 mil-lion people, nearly a third ofwhom are women. "The campaignis going to affect us, no doubtabout it," says MohammedHashim, chairman of the Councilfor Leather Exports. He feels histribe is unfairly targeted. "We'reonly scavengers," he says. "Wetake skins sold by slaughterhouses." Moreover, he adds, 90%of the hides council members useare from buffalo, goats or sheep.His organization has appealed toexporters to use only leather fromanimals that have been killed hu-manely.

The government, though, shows nosign of moving against the illegaltransport and slaughter. BeforePETA's campaign, Indian animal-rights groups had been trying foryears to stop the brutal cattle trail.

It's a multimillion-dollar business, and thekickbacks to politicians and officials arethought to be huge. (The cow "deathtrains" are operated by the state-ownedrailway.) Banning cow slaughter in WestBengal and Kerala probably wouldn'thelp, as it would surely lead to an in-crease in the number of illegal, backstreetslaughter houses. New Delhi may simplyfind it easier to respond to other demandsby animal lovers, like creating a nationalauthority for protecting cows or introduc-ing tougher penalties for cruelty to ani-mals (under existing law, the fine is onlyabout $1).


the animals for slaughter across state bor-ders, traders bribe officials to look theother way as they pack the cows into railcars or trucks headed for West Bengal orKerala. The animals frequently gore oneanother or break their pelvises when forcedto jump from the trucks. Some suffocateinside boxcars. Thousands of others aresurreptitiously herded overland--oftenwithout food or water. If they collapsefrom exhaustion, herders break their tails

or throw chili pepper and tobacco in theireyes to make them walk again.

The campaign against the practice is at-tracting support from a number of animal-activist celebrities. Paul McCartney,Brigitte Bardot, Steven Seagal and NinaHagen took part in an international day ofprotest two weeks ago in their home coun-tries. "My heart breaks for the misery en-dured by all the mother cows and theircalves ... who have become throw-aways intoday's India," McCartney declared. The$1.6 billion Indian leather export industryis feeling the pinch. Gap and its sub-sidiaries Banana Republic and Old Navyhave banned the use of Indian leather intheir garments. The British shoe company

rom: <[email protected]>To: "Cow (Protection and re-lated issues)"

<[email protected]>Subject: Cow killing in IndiaDate: Monday, May 29, 2000 9:00 PM

CNN recently reported on cow killing inIndia. Read the article at this URL:http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/magazine/2000/0529/india.cows.htmlTaraka dasa

MAY 29, 2000 VOL, 156 NO 21International animal rights ac-tivists accuse India of showinguncharacteristic cruelty toward itscows

By MASEEH RAHMAN NewDelhi

Mahatma Gandhi believed that anation could be judged by the wayit treats its animals. If that yard-stick were applied to his owncountry today, India would be inthe doghouse. Hindus veneratemany of God's creatures, and thecow is considered especially sa-cred. But the international animal-rights group People for the EthicalTreatment of Animals (PETA) hasexposed horrendous cruelty toIndia's cows as they are trans-ported, illegally, to slaughterhouses. Many arrive dead or badly in-jured after long and torturous journeys intrains and trucks or on foot. "It is Dante'sInferno for cows and bullocks," saysPETA president Ingrid Newkirk.

India's livestock population, estimated atmore than 500 million, is the world'slargest. More than half are cows, buffaloand bulls. Once they become unproduc-tive, many of the animals are sold bytheir owners, mostly subsistence farmers,and marched off to slaughter houses.Cow slaughter is permitted in just twoprovinces, the communist-ruled states ofWest Bengal in the east and Kerala in thesouth. Although it is illegal to transport

Is Nothing Sacred?http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/time/magazine//2000/0529/india.cows.html

A study has been made in 1997 by Central Institute of Agricultural

Engineering (CIAE) a central government body in which it is men-

tioned that animal energy saves the Indian nation 23.75 million

tons of diesel and provides energy equivalent of 27,000 mw. (point

1.4.2 by Laxmi Narain Modi)

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Slaughtering poor animals is also dueSlaughtering poor animals is also dueSlaughtering poor animals is also dueSlaughtering poor animals is also dueto the mode of ignorance. The animalto the mode of ignorance. The animalto the mode of ignorance. The animalto the mode of ignorance. The animalkillers do not know that in the futurekillers do not know that in the futurekillers do not know that in the futurekillers do not know that in the futurethe animal will have a body suitable tothe animal will have a body suitable tothe animal will have a body suitable tothe animal will have a body suitable tokill them. That is the law of nature. Inkill them. That is the law of nature. Inkill them. That is the law of nature. Inkill them. That is the law of nature. Inhuman society, if one kills a man hehuman society, if one kills a man hehuman society, if one kills a man hehuman society, if one kills a man hehas to be hanged. That is the law ofhas to be hanged. That is the law ofhas to be hanged. That is the law ofhas to be hanged. That is the law ofthe state. Because of ignorance, peoplethe state. Because of ignorance, peoplethe state. Because of ignorance, peoplethe state. Because of ignorance, peopledo not perceive that there is ado not perceive that there is ado not perceive that there is ado not perceive that there is acomplete state controlled by thecomplete state controlled by thecomplete state controlled by thecomplete state controlled by theSupreme Lord.Supreme Lord.Supreme Lord.Supreme Lord.

Every living creature is a son ofEvery living creature is a son ofEvery living creature is a son ofEvery living creature is a son ofthe Supreme Lord, and He doesthe Supreme Lord, and He doesthe Supreme Lord, and He doesthe Supreme Lord, and He doesnot tolerate even an ant’s beingnot tolerate even an ant’s beingnot tolerate even an ant’s beingnot tolerate even an ant’s beingkilled. One has to pay for it. Sokilled. One has to pay for it. Sokilled. One has to pay for it. Sokilled. One has to pay for it. Soindulgence in animal killing forindulgence in animal killing forindulgence in animal killing forindulgence in animal killing forthe taste of the tongue is thethe taste of the tongue is thethe taste of the tongue is thethe taste of the tongue is thegrossest kind of ignorance. Agrossest kind of ignorance. Agrossest kind of ignorance. Agrossest kind of ignorance. Ahuman being has no need to killhuman being has no need to killhuman being has no need to killhuman being has no need to killanimals, because God has animals, because God has animals, because God has animals, because God has sup-sup-sup-sup-plied so many nice things. Ifplied so many nice things. Ifplied so many nice things. Ifplied so many nice things. Ifone indulges in meat-eatingone indulges in meat-eatingone indulges in meat-eatingone indulges in meat-eatinganyway, it is to be understoodanyway, it is to be understoodanyway, it is to be understoodanyway, it is to be understoodthat he is acting in ignorancethat he is acting in ignorancethat he is acting in ignorancethat he is acting in ignoranceand is making his future veryand is making his future veryand is making his future veryand is making his future verydark.dark.dark.dark.

Of all kinds of animal killing,Of all kinds of animal killing,Of all kinds of animal killing,Of all kinds of animal killing,the killing of cows is most vicious the killing of cows is most vicious the killing of cows is most vicious the killing of cows is most vicious be-be-be-be-cause the cow gives us all kinds ofcause the cow gives us all kinds ofcause the cow gives us all kinds ofcause the cow gives us all kinds ofpleasure by supplying milk. Cowpleasure by supplying milk. Cowpleasure by supplying milk. Cowpleasure by supplying milk. Cowslaughter is an act of the grossest typeslaughter is an act of the grossest typeslaughter is an act of the grossest typeslaughter is an act of the grossest typeof ignorance. In the Vedic literatureof ignorance. In the Vedic literatureof ignorance. In the Vedic literatureof ignorance. In the Vedic literature(Åg Veda 9.4.64) the words gobhiù(Åg Veda 9.4.64) the words gobhiù(Åg Veda 9.4.64) the words gobhiù(Åg Veda 9.4.64) the words gobhiùpréëita-matsaram indicate that onepréëita-matsaram indicate that onepréëita-matsaram indicate that onepréëita-matsaram indicate that onewho, being fully satisfied by milk, iswho, being fully satisfied by milk, iswho, being fully satisfied by milk, iswho, being fully satisfied by milk, isdesirous of killing the cow is in thedesirous of killing the cow is in thedesirous of killing the cow is in thedesirous of killing the cow is in thegrossest ignorance.grossest ignorance.grossest ignorance.grossest ignorance.

Isaiah 66.3Isaiah 66.3Isaiah 66.3Isaiah 66.3He that killeth an ox is as if heHe that killeth an ox is as if heHe that killeth an ox is as if heHe that killeth an ox is as if heslew a man. (An ox is a maleslew a man. (An ox is a maleslew a man. (An ox is a maleslew a man. (An ox is a malecow)cow)cow)cow)

Srila Prabhupada's Garden Srila Prabhupada's Garden Srila Prabhupada's Garden Srila Prabhupada's Garden Con-Con-Con-Con-versationversationversationversationJune 24, 1975, Los AngelesJune 24, 1975, Los AngelesJune 24, 1975, Los AngelesJune 24, 1975, Los Angeles….. But cow is very important animal.….. But cow is very important animal.….. But cow is very important animal.….. But cow is very important animal.You get from its milk so many You get from its milk so many You get from its milk so many You get from its milk so many nutri-nutri-nutri-nutri-tious food. So apart from religious tious food. So apart from religious tious food. So apart from religious tious food. So apart from religious senti-senti-senti-senti-ment, from economic point of view,ment, from economic point of view,ment, from economic point of view,ment, from economic point of view,cow-killing is not good. And from moralcow-killing is not good. And from moralcow-killing is not good. And from moralcow-killing is not good. And from moralpoint of view it is not good because youpoint of view it is not good because youpoint of view it is not good because youpoint of view it is not good because youdrink cow’s milk, so cow is yourdrink cow’s milk, so cow is yourdrink cow’s milk, so cow is yourdrink cow’s milk, so cow is yourmother.mother.mother.mother.

Srila Prabhupada's Morning WalkSrila Prabhupada's Morning WalkSrila Prabhupada's Morning WalkSrila Prabhupada's Morning WalkAugust 12, 1975, ParisAugust 12, 1975, ParisAugust 12, 1975, ParisAugust 12, 1975, ParisMädhavänanda: Then the responsibilityMädhavänanda: Then the responsibilityMädhavänanda: Then the responsibilityMädhavänanda: Then the responsibilityfor some is to Kåñëa; the responsibilityfor some is to Kåñëa; the responsibilityfor some is to Kåñëa; the responsibilityfor some is to Kåñëa; the responsibilityof some is to the demigods?of some is to the demigods?of some is to the demigods?of some is to the demigods?

Prabhupäda: Yes. Demigods, you havePrabhupäda: Yes. Demigods, you havePrabhupäda: Yes. Demigods, you havePrabhupäda: Yes. Demigods, you havegot responsibility. Deva, åñi, bhüta, got responsibility. Deva, åñi, bhüta, got responsibility. Deva, åñi, bhüta, got responsibility. Deva, åñi, bhüta, liv-liv-liv-liv-ing entities. Just like you are taking milking entities. Just like you are taking milking entities. Just like you are taking milking entities. Just like you are taking milkfrom the cows. You have the from the cows. You have the from the cows. You have the from the cows. You have the responsi-responsi-responsi-responsi-bility to protect it, but you are killing.bility to protect it, but you are killing.bility to protect it, but you are killing.bility to protect it, but you are killing.So you must suffer.So you must suffer.So you must suffer.So you must suffer.

Koran,surah 6, verse 38There is not an animal on the earth, norThere is not an animal on the earth, norThere is not an animal on the earth, norThere is not an animal on the earth, nora flying creature flying on two wings,a flying creature flying on two wings,a flying creature flying on two wings,a flying creature flying on two wings,but they are peoples like unto you.but they are peoples like unto you.but they are peoples like unto you.but they are peoples like unto you.

DhammapadaDhammapadaDhammapadaDhammapadaBecause he has pity on every livingBecause he has pity on every livingBecause he has pity on every livingBecause he has pity on every livingcreature, therefore a man is consideredcreature, therefore a man is consideredcreature, therefore a man is consideredcreature, therefore a man is consideredholy.holy.holy.holy.

Çrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamSB 1.4.9SB 1.4.9SB 1.4.9SB 1.4.9Purport:Purport:Purport:Purport:The birth of Mahäräja Parékñit is The birth of Mahäräja Parékñit is The birth of Mahäräja Parékñit is The birth of Mahäräja Parékñit is won-won-won-won-derful because in the womb of hisderful because in the womb of hisderful because in the womb of hisderful because in the womb of hismother he was protected by the mother he was protected by the mother he was protected by the mother he was protected by the Per-Per-Per-Per-

sonality of Godhead Çré Kåñëa.sonality of Godhead Çré Kåñëa.sonality of Godhead Çré Kåñëa.sonality of Godhead Çré Kåñëa.His activities are also His activities are also His activities are also His activities are also wonder-wonder-wonder-wonder-ful because he chastised Kali,ful because he chastised Kali,ful because he chastised Kali,ful because he chastised Kali,who was attempting to kill awho was attempting to kill awho was attempting to kill awho was attempting to kill acow. To kill cows means tocow. To kill cows means tocow. To kill cows means tocow. To kill cows means toend human civilization.end human civilization.end human civilization.end human civilization.

Ädi-léläÄdi-léläÄdi-léläÄdi-léläÄdi 17.166Ädi 17.166Ädi 17.166Ädi 17.166Text 166Text 166Text 166Text 166go-aìge yata loma, tata sahasrago-aìge yata loma, tata sahasrago-aìge yata loma, tata sahasrago-aìge yata loma, tata sahasravatsaravatsaravatsaravatsarago-vadhé raurava-madhye pacego-vadhé raurava-madhye pacego-vadhé raurava-madhye pacego-vadhé raurava-madhye pacenirantaranirantaranirantaranirantaraTranslation:Translation:Translation:Translation:Cow-killers are condemned toCow-killers are condemned toCow-killers are condemned toCow-killers are condemned torot in hellish life for as manyrot in hellish life for as manyrot in hellish life for as manyrot in hellish life for as manythousands of years as there arethousands of years as there arethousands of years as there arethousands of years as there arehairs on the body of the cow.hairs on the body of the cow.hairs on the body of the cow.hairs on the body of the cow.

Genesis, 1:29, 31Genesis, 1:29, 31Genesis, 1:29, 31Genesis, 1:29, 31And behold, I have given you everyAnd behold, I have given you everyAnd behold, I have given you everyAnd behold, I have given you everyherb-bearing seed, which is upon theherb-bearing seed, which is upon theherb-bearing seed, which is upon theherb-bearing seed, which is upon theface of all the earth, and every tree, inface of all the earth, and every tree, inface of all the earth, and every tree, inface of all the earth, and every tree, inwhich is the fruit of a tree-yieldingwhich is the fruit of a tree-yieldingwhich is the fruit of a tree-yieldingwhich is the fruit of a tree-yieldingseed-to you it shall be for food....Andseed-to you it shall be for food....Andseed-to you it shall be for food....Andseed-to you it shall be for food....AndGod saw everything He had made, andGod saw everything He had made, andGod saw everything He had made, andGod saw everything He had made, andbehold, it was very good..behold, it was very good..behold, it was very good..behold, it was very good...

Srila Prabhupada's LecturesSrila Prabhupada's LecturesSrila Prabhupada's LecturesSrila Prabhupada's LecturesBhagavad-gétä 3.11-19Bhagavad-gétä 3.11-19Bhagavad-gétä 3.11-19Bhagavad-gétä 3.11-19What is the purpose of eating? To live.What is the purpose of eating? To live.What is the purpose of eating? To live.What is the purpose of eating? To live.If you can live very peacefully, veryIf you can live very peacefully, veryIf you can live very peacefully, veryIf you can live very peacefully, verynicely, with good health, by eating sonicely, with good health, by eating sonicely, with good health, by eating sonicely, with good health, by eating somany varieties of foodstuff given bymany varieties of foodstuff given bymany varieties of foodstuff given bymany varieties of foodstuff given byKåñëa, why should I kill an animal?Kåñëa, why should I kill an animal?Kåñëa, why should I kill an animal?Kåñëa, why should I kill an animal?This is humanity. Why should I imitateThis is humanity. Why should I imitateThis is humanity. Why should I imitateThis is humanity. Why should I imitatean animal? Then what is the differencean animal? Then what is the differencean animal? Then what is the differencean animal? Then what is the differencebetween animal and human being?between animal and human being?between animal and human being?between animal and human being?

GOD AGAINST COW SLAUGHTER

Quotes from India's Holy scriptures (with comments by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhuapda) the Bible, the

Koran, the Dhammapada

Srimad-Bhägavatam 7.9.10, Lecture by Srila Prabhupada:

One Dr. Goshal, he analyzed in his laboratory, “Why this

Vedic injunction is the stool of cow or cow dung is pure?” So

he analyzed, and he found it that the stool of cow, cow dung,is full of antiseptic properties.

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If you have no discretion, if you have noIf you have no discretion, if you have noIf you have no discretion, if you have noIf you have no discretion, if you have noconsciousness.consciousness.consciousness.consciousness.

Besides that, scientifically, your teeth isBesides that, scientifically, your teeth isBesides that, scientifically, your teeth isBesides that, scientifically, your teeth ismeant for eating vegetables. The tigermeant for eating vegetables. The tigermeant for eating vegetables. The tigermeant for eating vegetables. The tigerhas teeth for eating meat. Nature hashas teeth for eating meat. Nature hashas teeth for eating meat. Nature hashas teeth for eating meat. Nature hasmade it like that. It has to kill another...made it like that. It has to kill another...made it like that. It has to kill another...made it like that. It has to kill another...Therefore he has got nails, he has gotTherefore he has got nails, he has gotTherefore he has got nails, he has gotTherefore he has got nails, he has gotteeth, he has got strength. But you haveteeth, he has got strength. But you haveteeth, he has got strength. But you haveteeth, he has got strength. But you haveno such strength. You cannot kill a cowno such strength. You cannot kill a cowno such strength. You cannot kill a cowno such strength. You cannot kill a cowlike that, pouncing like tiger. You havelike that, pouncing like tiger. You havelike that, pouncing like tiger. You havelike that, pouncing like tiger. You haveto make slaughterhouse and sit down atto make slaughterhouse and sit down atto make slaughterhouse and sit down atto make slaughterhouse and sit down atyour home. Somebody may slaughter,your home. Somebody may slaughter,your home. Somebody may slaughter,your home. Somebody may slaughter,and you can eat very nicely. What isand you can eat very nicely. What isand you can eat very nicely. What isand you can eat very nicely. What isthis?this?this?this?

Çrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamSB 8.8.11SB 8.8.11SB 8.8.11SB 8.8.11Purport:Purport:Purport:Purport:Unfortunately, because people inUnfortunately, because people inUnfortunately, because people inUnfortunately, because people inKali-yuga are mandäù, all bad, andKali-yuga are mandäù, all bad, andKali-yuga are mandäù, all bad, andKali-yuga are mandäù, all bad, andsumanda-matayaù, misled by false sumanda-matayaù, misled by false sumanda-matayaù, misled by false sumanda-matayaù, misled by false con-con-con-con-ceptions of life, they are killing cows inceptions of life, they are killing cows inceptions of life, they are killing cows inceptions of life, they are killing cows inthe thousands. Therefore they are the thousands. Therefore they are the thousands. Therefore they are the thousands. Therefore they are unfor-unfor-unfor-unfor-tunate in spiritual consciousness, andtunate in spiritual consciousness, andtunate in spiritual consciousness, andtunate in spiritual consciousness, andnature disturbs them in so many ways,nature disturbs them in so many ways,nature disturbs them in so many ways,nature disturbs them in so many ways,especially through incurable diseasesespecially through incurable diseasesespecially through incurable diseasesespecially through incurable diseaseslike cancer and through frequent warslike cancer and through frequent warslike cancer and through frequent warslike cancer and through frequent warsand among nations. As long as humanand among nations. As long as humanand among nations. As long as humanand among nations. As long as humansociety continues to allow cows to besociety continues to allow cows to besociety continues to allow cows to besociety continues to allow cows to beregularly killed in slaughterhouses,regularly killed in slaughterhouses,regularly killed in slaughterhouses,regularly killed in slaughterhouses,there cannot be any question of peacethere cannot be any question of peacethere cannot be any question of peacethere cannot be any question of peaceand prosperity.and prosperity.and prosperity.and prosperity.

Çrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamSB 1.17.3SB 1.17.3SB 1.17.3SB 1.17.3Purport:Purport:Purport:Purport:The cow’s calf not only is beautiful toThe cow’s calf not only is beautiful toThe cow’s calf not only is beautiful toThe cow’s calf not only is beautiful tolook at, but also gives satisfaction to thelook at, but also gives satisfaction to thelook at, but also gives satisfaction to thelook at, but also gives satisfaction to thecow, and so she delivers as much milk ascow, and so she delivers as much milk ascow, and so she delivers as much milk ascow, and so she delivers as much milk aspossible. But in the Kali-yuga, the calvespossible. But in the Kali-yuga, the calvespossible. But in the Kali-yuga, the calvespossible. But in the Kali-yuga, the calvesare separated from the cows as early asare separated from the cows as early asare separated from the cows as early asare separated from the cows as early aspossible for purposes which may not bepossible for purposes which may not bepossible for purposes which may not bepossible for purposes which may not bementioned in these pages ofmentioned in these pages ofmentioned in these pages ofmentioned in these pages ofÇrémad-Bhägavatam. The cow standsÇrémad-Bhägavatam. The cow standsÇrémad-Bhägavatam. The cow standsÇrémad-Bhägavatam. The cow standswith tears in her eyes, the çüdra with tears in her eyes, the çüdra with tears in her eyes, the çüdra with tears in her eyes, the çüdra milk-milk-milk-milk-man draws milk from the cow man draws milk from the cow man draws milk from the cow man draws milk from the cow artifi-artifi-artifi-artifi-cially, and when there is no milk thecially, and when there is no milk thecially, and when there is no milk thecially, and when there is no milk thecow is sent to be slaughtered. Thesecow is sent to be slaughtered. Thesecow is sent to be slaughtered. Thesecow is sent to be slaughtered. Thesegreatly sinful acts are responsible for allgreatly sinful acts are responsible for allgreatly sinful acts are responsible for allgreatly sinful acts are responsible for allthe troubles in present society.the troubles in present society.the troubles in present society.the troubles in present society.

People do not know what they are doingPeople do not know what they are doingPeople do not know what they are doingPeople do not know what they are doingin the name of economic development.in the name of economic development.in the name of economic development.in the name of economic development.

Çrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamSB 1.3.24SB 1.3.24SB 1.3.24SB 1.3.24Translation:Translation:Translation:Translation:Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga,Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga,Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga,Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga,the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha,the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha,the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha,the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha,the son of Aïjanä, in the province ofthe son of Aïjanä, in the province ofthe son of Aïjanä, in the province ofthe son of Aïjanä, in the province ofGayä, just for the purpose of deludingGayä, just for the purpose of deludingGayä, just for the purpose of deludingGayä, just for the purpose of deludingthose who are envious of the faithfulthose who are envious of the faithfulthose who are envious of the faithfulthose who are envious of the faithfultheist.theist.theist.theist.Purport:Purport:Purport:Purport:Lord Buddha, a powerful incarnationLord Buddha, a powerful incarnationLord Buddha, a powerful incarnationLord Buddha, a powerful incarnationof the Personality of Godhead, of the Personality of Godhead, of the Personality of Godhead, of the Personality of Godhead, ap-ap-ap-ap-peared in the province of Gayä (Bihar)peared in the province of Gayä (Bihar)peared in the province of Gayä (Bihar)peared in the province of Gayä (Bihar)as the son of Aïjanä, and he preachedas the son of Aïjanä, and he preachedas the son of Aïjanä, and he preachedas the son of Aïjanä, and he preachedhis own conception of nonviolencehis own conception of nonviolencehis own conception of nonviolencehis own conception of nonviolenceand deprecated even the animal and deprecated even the animal and deprecated even the animal and deprecated even the animal sacri-sacri-sacri-sacri-fices sanctioned in the Vedas. At thefices sanctioned in the Vedas. At thefices sanctioned in the Vedas. At thefices sanctioned in the Vedas. At thetime when Lord Buddha appeared, thetime when Lord Buddha appeared, thetime when Lord Buddha appeared, thetime when Lord Buddha appeared, thepeople in general were atheistic andpeople in general were atheistic andpeople in general were atheistic andpeople in general were atheistic andpreferred animal flesh to anythingpreferred animal flesh to anythingpreferred animal flesh to anythingpreferred animal flesh to anythingelse. On the plea of Vedic sacrifice,else. On the plea of Vedic sacrifice,else. On the plea of Vedic sacrifice,else. On the plea of Vedic sacrifice,every place was practically turned intoevery place was practically turned intoevery place was practically turned intoevery place was practically turned intoa slaughterhouse, and animal-killinga slaughterhouse, and animal-killinga slaughterhouse, and animal-killinga slaughterhouse, and animal-killingwas indulged in unrestrictedly.was indulged in unrestrictedly.was indulged in unrestrictedly.was indulged in unrestrictedly.

Lord Buddha preached nonviolence,Lord Buddha preached nonviolence,Lord Buddha preached nonviolence,Lord Buddha preached nonviolence,taking pity on the poor animals. Hetaking pity on the poor animals. Hetaking pity on the poor animals. Hetaking pity on the poor animals. Hepreached that he did not believe in thepreached that he did not believe in thepreached that he did not believe in thepreached that he did not believe in thetenets of the Vedas and stressed thetenets of the Vedas and stressed thetenets of the Vedas and stressed thetenets of the Vedas and stressed theadverse psychological effects incurredadverse psychological effects incurredadverse psychological effects incurredadverse psychological effects incurredby animal-killing. Less intelligent menby animal-killing. Less intelligent menby animal-killing. Less intelligent menby animal-killing. Less intelligent menof the age of Kali, who had no faith inof the age of Kali, who had no faith inof the age of Kali, who had no faith inof the age of Kali, who had no faith inGod, followed his principle, and forGod, followed his principle, and forGod, followed his principle, and forGod, followed his principle, and forthe time being they were trained inthe time being they were trained inthe time being they were trained inthe time being they were trained inmoral discipline and nonviolence, themoral discipline and nonviolence, themoral discipline and nonviolence, themoral discipline and nonviolence, thepreliminary steps for proceeding preliminary steps for proceeding preliminary steps for proceeding preliminary steps for proceeding fur-fur-fur-fur-ther on the path of God realization.ther on the path of God realization.ther on the path of God realization.ther on the path of God realization.

Çrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamSB 1.7.37SB 1.7.37SB 1.7.37SB 1.7.37Translation:Translation:Translation:Translation:A cruel and wretched person whoA cruel and wretched person whoA cruel and wretched person whoA cruel and wretched person whomaintains his existence at the cost ofmaintains his existence at the cost ofmaintains his existence at the cost ofmaintains his existence at the cost ofothers’ lives deserves to be killed forothers’ lives deserves to be killed forothers’ lives deserves to be killed forothers’ lives deserves to be killed forhis own well-being, otherwise he willhis own well-being, otherwise he willhis own well-being, otherwise he willhis own well-being, otherwise he willgo down by his own actions.go down by his own actions.go down by his own actions.go down by his own actions.Purport:Purport:Purport:Purport:According to Manu, the great authorAccording to Manu, the great authorAccording to Manu, the great authorAccording to Manu, the great authorof civic codes and religious principles,of civic codes and religious principles,of civic codes and religious principles,of civic codes and religious principles,even the killer of an animal is to beeven the killer of an animal is to beeven the killer of an animal is to beeven the killer of an animal is to beconsidered a murderer because animalconsidered a murderer because animalconsidered a murderer because animalconsidered a murderer because animalfood is never meant for the civilizedfood is never meant for the civilizedfood is never meant for the civilizedfood is never meant for the civilizedman, whose prime duty is to prepareman, whose prime duty is to prepareman, whose prime duty is to prepareman, whose prime duty is to preparehimself for going back to Godhead.himself for going back to Godhead.himself for going back to Godhead.himself for going back to Godhead.

He says that in the act of killing an He says that in the act of killing an He says that in the act of killing an He says that in the act of killing an an-an-an-an-

imal, there is a regular conspiracy byimal, there is a regular conspiracy byimal, there is a regular conspiracy byimal, there is a regular conspiracy bythe party of sinners, and all of themthe party of sinners, and all of themthe party of sinners, and all of themthe party of sinners, and all of themare liable to be punished as murderersare liable to be punished as murderersare liable to be punished as murderersare liable to be punished as murderersexactly like a party of conspiratorsexactly like a party of conspiratorsexactly like a party of conspiratorsexactly like a party of conspiratorswho kill a human being combinedly.who kill a human being combinedly.who kill a human being combinedly.who kill a human being combinedly.He who gives permission, he who killsHe who gives permission, he who killsHe who gives permission, he who killsHe who gives permission, he who killsthe animal, he who sells the the animal, he who sells the the animal, he who sells the the animal, he who sells the slaugh-slaugh-slaugh-slaugh-tered animal, he who cooks the tered animal, he who cooks the tered animal, he who cooks the tered animal, he who cooks the ani-ani-ani-ani-mal, he who administers distributionmal, he who administers distributionmal, he who administers distributionmal, he who administers distributionof the foodstuff, and at last he who eatsof the foodstuff, and at last he who eatsof the foodstuff, and at last he who eatsof the foodstuff, and at last he who eatssuch cooked animal food are all such cooked animal food are all such cooked animal food are all such cooked animal food are all mur-mur-mur-mur-derers, and all of them are liable to bederers, and all of them are liable to bederers, and all of them are liable to bederers, and all of them are liable to bepunished by the laws of nature.punished by the laws of nature.punished by the laws of nature.punished by the laws of nature.

Çrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamÇrémad-BhägavatamSB 1.16.20SB 1.16.20SB 1.16.20SB 1.16.20Purport:Purport:Purport:Purport:When three fourths of the populationWhen three fourths of the populationWhen three fourths of the populationWhen three fourths of the populationof the whole world become irreligious,of the whole world become irreligious,of the whole world become irreligious,of the whole world become irreligious,the situation is converted into hell forthe situation is converted into hell forthe situation is converted into hell forthe situation is converted into hell forthe animals.the animals.the animals.the animals.

Srila Prabhupada's LesturesSrila Prabhupada's LesturesSrila Prabhupada's LesturesSrila Prabhupada's LesturesDecember 31, 1976, BombayDecember 31, 1976, BombayDecember 31, 1976, BombayDecember 31, 1976, BombayPrabhupäda: You were... Two Prabhupäda: You were... Two Prabhupäda: You were... Two Prabhupäda: You were... Two thou-thou-thou-thou-sand years ago, Christ, he was born insand years ago, Christ, he was born insand years ago, Christ, he was born insand years ago, Christ, he was born inJewish family, he was horrified by Jewish family, he was horrified by Jewish family, he was horrified by Jewish family, he was horrified by see-see-see-see-ing animal sacrifices in the synagogue.ing animal sacrifices in the synagogue.ing animal sacrifices in the synagogue.ing animal sacrifices in the synagogue.Therefore his first commandment is,Therefore his first commandment is,Therefore his first commandment is,Therefore his first commandment is,“Thou shall not kill.” He was so “Thou shall not kill.” He was so “Thou shall not kill.” He was so “Thou shall not kill.” He was so horri-horri-horri-horri-fied. Why he has given this fied. Why he has given this fied. Why he has given this fied. Why he has given this command-command-command-command-ment? He was so much horrified. Whatment? He was so much horrified. Whatment? He was so much horrified. Whatment? He was so much horrified. Whatis this? Therefore he gave up the is this? Therefore he gave up the is this? Therefore he gave up the is this? Therefore he gave up the Jew-Jew-Jew-Jew-ish religion. He started his own. This isish religion. He started his own. This isish religion. He started his own. This isish religion. He started his own. This isthe history. And he first commanded,the history. And he first commanded,the history. And he first commanded,the history. And he first commanded,“Thou shall not kill.”“Thou shall not kill.”“Thou shall not kill.”“Thou shall not kill.”

Ecclesiastes 3:19Ecclesiastes 3:19Ecclesiastes 3:19Ecclesiastes 3:19For that which befalleth the sons ofFor that which befalleth the sons ofFor that which befalleth the sons ofFor that which befalleth the sons ofmen, befalleth beasts,men, befalleth beasts,men, befalleth beasts,men, befalleth beasts,even one thing befalleth them:even one thing befalleth them:even one thing befalleth them:even one thing befalleth them:As the one dieth, so dieth the other,As the one dieth, so dieth the other,As the one dieth, so dieth the other,As the one dieth, so dieth the other,Yes, they have all one breath. So that aYes, they have all one breath. So that aYes, they have all one breath. So that aYes, they have all one breath. So that aman hath no pre-eminence above aman hath no pre-eminence above aman hath no pre-eminence above aman hath no pre-eminence above abeast - for all is vanity."beast - for all is vanity."beast - for all is vanity."beast - for all is vanity."

Reputed to be only text written byReputed to be only text written byReputed to be only text written byReputed to be only text written byBuddha himself:Buddha himself:Buddha himself:Buddha himself:Creatures without feet have my love.Creatures without feet have my love.Creatures without feet have my love.Creatures without feet have my love.And likewise those who have two feet;And likewise those who have two feet;And likewise those who have two feet;And likewise those who have two feet;and those, too, who have many feet.and those, too, who have many feet.and those, too, who have many feet.and those, too, who have many feet.Let creatures all, all things that live, allLet creatures all, all things that live, allLet creatures all, all things that live, allLet creatures all, all things that live, allbeings of whatever kind, see nothingbeings of whatever kind, see nothingbeings of whatever kind, see nothingbeings of whatever kind, see nothingthat will bode them ill. May naught ofthat will bode them ill. May naught ofthat will bode them ill. May naught ofthat will bode them ill. May naught ofevil come to them.evil come to them.evil come to them.evil come to them.

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HIDDEN COSTS

OF ANIMAL FAC-

TORIES

The Centers for Disease Control blamedthe rapid emergence of this infectiousagent on the use of antibiotics in livestock,summarizing its recommendations thisway: "More prudent use of antimicrobialagents [antibiotics] in farm animals andmore effective disease prevention on farmsare necessary to reduce the disseminationof multi-drug-resistant typhimurium DT104 and to slow the emergence of resis-tance to additional agents in this and otherstrains of salmonella."[3]

In March of 1999 the FDA began a multi-year process to regulate the use of antibi-otics in farm animals. Here is how theNEW YORK TIMES reported the FDA'saction in a front-page story March 8:

"Faced with mounting evidence that theroutine use of antibiotics in livestock maydiminish the drugs' power to cure infec-tions in people, the Food and Drug Admin-istration has begun a major revision of itsguidelines for approving new antibioticsfor animals and for monitoring the effectsof old ones.

The goal of the revision is to minimize theemergence off bacterial strains that are re-sistant to antibiotics, which makes themdifficult or even impossible to kill. Drugresistant infections, some fatal, have beenincreasing in people in the United States,and many scientists attribute the problemto the misuse of antibiotics in both humansand animals."

The NEW YORK TIMES then de-scribed[4] the May, 1998, study by the fed-eral Centers for Disease Control,[3] addingnew information from an interview withDr. Fred Angulo, one of the authors of thestudy:

"Last May, a team from the centers re-ported in the New England Journal ofMedicine that the prevalence of asalmonella strain resistant to five differentantibiotics increased from 0.6 percent ofall specimens from around the countrytested by the centers in 1980 to 34 percentin 1996.

(Continued from page 5) "Dr. Angulo said he thought the risinglevels of resistance in bacteria taken fromsick people had been caused by theheavy use of antibiotics in livestock.'Public health is united in the conclusion,'he said. 'There is no controversy aboutwhere antibiotic resistance in food-bornepathogens comes from.'"[4]

Deaths due to infectious diseases havebeen increasing in the U.S. in recentyears. In the '50s and '60s, public healthspecialists were predicting that infectiousdiseases would disappear as a problem.However, this prediction was entirelywrong. According to a 1996 report in theJOURNAL OF THE AMERICANMEDICAL ASSOCIATION, between1980 and 1992, the death rate due to in-fectious diseases as the underlying causeof death increased 58%, from 41 to 65per 100,000 population in the U.S. (SeeREHW 528.) Some of this was due to anincrease in AIDS during the period.However, AIDS is typically a disease ofyoung people. Among those aged 65 andover, deaths due to infectious diseasesincreased 25% during the period 1980-1992 (from 271 deaths per 100,000 to338 deaths per 100,000). Thus thereseems to have been a real and substantialincrease in deaths due to infectious dis-eases in the U.S. during the past 20years.[5]

In sum, serious infectious diseases areenjoying a resurgence in the U.S. Ournational policy of replacing family farmswith animal factories in the name of"economic efficiency" is one of the keyreasons.=================[1] Institute of Medicine, HUMANHEALTH RISKS FROM THESUBTHERAPEUTIC USE OF PENI-CILLIN OR TETRACYCLINES IN AN-IMAL FEED(Washington, D.C.: National AcademyPress, 1989).

[2] Institute of Medicine, EMERGINGINFECTIONS: MICROBIALTHREATS TO HEALTH IN THEUNITED STATES (Washington, D.C.:National Academy Press, 1992). ISBN 0-309-04741-2.

[3] M. Kathleen Glynn and others,"Emergence ofMultidrug-resistant SALMONELLA EN-TERICA Serotype TyphimuriumDT104 Infections in the United States,"NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OFMEDICINE Vol. 338, No. 19 (May 7,1998), pgs. 1333-1338.

[4] Denise Grady, "A Move to Limit An-tibiotic Use in AnimalFeed," NEW YORK TIMES March 8,1999, pg. A1.

[5] Robert W. Pinner and others, "Trendsin Infectious DiseasesMortality in the United States," JOUR-NAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICALASSOCIATION Vol. 275, No. 3(January 17, 1996), pgs. 189-193._______________________________*The above information has been takenfrom the following article which can beread in its entirety from:

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It's a Boy!On June 2, Ganga gave birth to a baby bullcalf. Vrajabhadu dasi (who donated thefunds to buy and adopt our first ox, Vraja)adopted him and named him Veda.

His birth was without complica-tions. As Lakshmi and I were tak-ing our morning walk, Lakshmisaw Ganga on top of the hillalone. She noticed Ganga waspassing part of the afterbirth.Lakshmi ran to get Balabhadraand I went to the top of the hill.Veda was already standing andtrying to suck from his mother.We spent most of that day withGanga and Veda to make sureeverything went okay: ThatGanga passed the rest of the af-terbirth and baby Veda remainedstrong and out of trouble. Gangawould not let him sit down. Shekept prodding him to get up bylicking him clean and pushinghim. He looked very tired.

As the days progressed Gangaproved to be an extremely atten-tive mother. Never would she letVeda out of her sight. Eventuallywe let them join the herd. Wewere happy to see that all theoxen and cows accepted Vedaopenly. As a result, Veda is with-out fear. He hangs out with Vraja who isthe King of the herd and often a bully. Butit seems Veda doesn't get bullied by Vraja.It is quite a joyful sight to see little blackVeda jumping and running alongside the"Big Boys." Ganga is still close by andwatches him closely. We are letting Ganganurse Veda, and we are taking what milk isleft. Veda is getting stronger every day.

Rid the Barn of Mud Campaign

So far we have $10, 000 in donations putinto a CD for this campaign. We have ananonymous pledge for $4-5000. Thereforewe have approximately $14,000. Our goalwas $30,000. But with $25, 000 we canmake some improvement, not all, but

enough to make the situation comfortablefor the cows. We wish to do the construc-tion in October before the earth freezesand it is impossible. So, very soon wewill likely embark on the last leg of thecampaign by sending out a letter to ev-eryone asking for help to get the remain-ing funds so that the cows no longer willbe in mud during the winter. If 100 peo-ple could give $100 each, that would give

another $10,000 to the campaign andraise the total to $25,000!

New ISCOWP Headquarters

Construction is moving along since ourlast report. The roof is finished, the welland septic system are in and connected tothe house. The well is on top of the hillover the house to allow for gravity flowand the later possibility of installing awindmill to generate the water to the

house and the eventual gardens aroundthe house. We are getting 5 gallons ofwater per minute.

This week we are pouring the cement forthe floor. Then what is left is installingthe doors, windows, inside walls, bath-room, and kitchen. We wish to move intothe facility in October at which point ourson and his family will move into the

house we are now sharing withour son.

Garden

Since the main thrust of activityhas been the construction of ournew ISCOWP facility, the gardenis somewhat smaller this year. Wehave planted lettuce, kale, swisschard, tomatoes, green peppers,hot peppers, okra, beets, potatoes,tomatilos,carrots, and a few herbs.Next year at this time, we willbuild gardens around our new fa-cility where there is access tomore sun and flat land. This waythe distance to the processing isclose by (the upper floor of theISCOWP facility). The gardens(both herbal and vegetables) willbe our main thrust of activity nextyear.

We have already begun to supple-ment our meals with produce fromthe garden and Lakshmi is plan-ning to can vegetables and fruitsagain this summer. She has al-ready canned some black raspber-ries. Due to the plentiful rain, the

apple trees look like they will be veryproductive this year. We still have a fewcans of tomatoes left that we use forpizza, pasta or vegetables.

Training New Teamsters

Three brahmacaries from the New Vrnda-vana temple: Madhava Pandit, BhaktaRayan, and Bhaktivedanta das, are train-ing with Balabhadra. In exchange for ev-ery hour of training they give an hour ofservice to Vrajapura Farm. Also Kri-pamoya das, a long time residence ofNew Vrndavana, is also training and ex-changing labor.

ISCOWP

UPDATE

Veda at one day old. He is a Holstein,

colored mostly black with a few white

markings. His nature is brave and joyous

and he is presently jumping and running

in the pastures of Vrajapura Farm.

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e just went to visit the Daund farm6 hours from here and stayed overnight. They are devotees from theISKCON Chowpatty Temple in

Mumbai and disciples of Radhanath Ma-haraj. There are some brahmarcaries, twohouseholder couples and small childrenfrom that district who have just becomedevotees. Maharaj had told the devotees atthe Chowpatty temple that if they wanted afarm they should convince persons whowere already farmers to become devotees.and work the farm. Also, they have work-ers come from nearby villages on a dailybasis. Some workers are living there likeone Baba, old man/without family, who iscompletely dedicated to taking care of thecows.

They have 50 acres at the river side andvery fertile black earth, but before theycould plant anything, they had to removethis "bad" babul thorny bush with hugeroots. These huge roots are being madeinto charcoal for cooking in a slow fire.Another old man attends this huge blackheap of slag with slowly burning rootsinside and no oxygen, so they becomecharcoal instead of ash. They have growna big crop of barley, millet and wheat, thelatter which is to supply the temple inMumbai. The devotees themselves eat bigflat dry "bakris" or chapatis of milletwhich are so delicious that just one willsatisfy completely. The farming is all or-ganic. They are planning vermicompostnow.

They have nine cattle of Thapkar breed, abull, one milking cow and calf, someheifers, and 2 bullocks. They are beauti-ful white cattle from Rajasthan and very

nice in temperament, good milkers, strongmilkers, strong workers, and hardy. Theyalso have four Dangi bullocks who aredoing all the work now. They are blackand white and also very friendly and easyto handle. They borrowed 2 Killri bul-locks from one padayatra (Pnahapur) butthey were ferocious and nearly killed onefarmer. They are oxen, big white oneswith curved back horns from this part ofIndia only.

The children of the farmers there havebecome very advanced in Krsna con-sciousness: they are chanting, dancing,

and are very happy. They plan to growmedicinal plants and hook up with a com-pany in advance to make money so they

Top:Team of working Dangi bullocks

(oxen) at the ISKCON Farm in Daund,

India. They have lifted water from the

nearby river by the bucket method seen

to the right.

Middle: A Thapakar calf at the Daund

Farm being nicely cared for.

Bottom: Thapakar cows at Daund

Farm. They are from Rajasthan, India.

The Daund Farm address is:

ISKCON - Daund Farm

Chatanya Hospital (Near Post office)

Daund, M.S. 413801 India

Cow Protection at Daund, IndiaContributed by Labangalatika dasi (Mrs. Malik)

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World Organic Commodity Ex-

changeFrom: "(Bhakta) Daniel Griffin (CapeTown - ZA)"<[email protected]>Cc: "Cow (Protection and related is-sues)" <[email protected]>Subject: RE: links to organic growinggovt departments.Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 3:19 PM

Have you heard of the World organiccommodity exchange? They have a SGSproduction standard. It's like a bookletthat you can read and if you follow their

strict requirements, then you can becomean organically certified farmer - whichmeans that you receive advice from themand they will come by to check that youare using organic methods. e.g. for in-stance they may do soil samples to checkthat your not using pesticides and artifi-cial fertilizers.

Here is their address in South Africa;World Organic Commodity ExchangePenny RoyalSuite 265Private Bag x29Somerset West7129, South Africa

can send the whole wheat crop to the tem-ple, plus other crops, such as the flowersthey are growing for Sri Sri RadhaGopinath. They have buildings: a kitchen,prasadam room (dining area), a templebuilding, two householder buildings, and aguest house. All are built according toprinciples of Vastu Sastra and made fromstone with walls two feet thick plasteredwith cow dung, floors made from poundedsoft stones also plastered with cow dung,and roofs made of thatched jowar (barley)stalks,

There is a big open cow shed but the cowsare tied outside at night. They areusing one hand pump for the cowsand devotees, and the river for thecrops. At present there is no elec-tricity but they will get it in orderto lift water from the river to thefield for irrigation. They are usingdiesel pump but it is very expen-sive to run. They also lifted waterby bullock and bucket but the bankis far down. Sanat Kumar is incharge of the whole project and iskeen to get the ISCOWP newslet-ter.

Fourth Lesson-

PULLING

load in a more demanding situation. Sur-vey your area and design a course youcan run them through which will give

them experience pulling a load ina closely confined area. A goodexample of a confined space isbetween two trees slightly largerthan the outside measurements oftheir bodies and yoke.

One thing you should know as ateamster is how to lead a load. Ifyou cut a corner too sharp yourload will snag which is a very bigproblem. Backing up is not aneasy function for them, what tospeak of with a full load. So, beaware you must allow a sufficientdistance when making a turn sothat your load will not be snagged.

The ideal is to work with yourteam on a daily basis. That way

they can learn their lessons rapidly. Ifyou do this you will see daily progressevery time you take them out and runthem through their paces. Don't forget allcommands should be preceded by theirnames so that they know they are beingspoken to. When you stop for their rests,tell them they are doing good: "GoodVraja", "Good Gita," and rub under theirnecks and behind their ears. Take somesnacks along as special treats as they aredoing their lessons. As you know, Vrajaand Gita like oatmeal-chip cookies.Maybe your team likes carrots or apples.You will see they will be eager to please.

The performance of the team will only beas good as the teamster is qualified. Soremember the ability of your team restson your shoulders and your loving rela-tionship with them.

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LettersLettersLettersLetters

Khas, New Delhi - 110 0163. Ahimsa Research Foundation, 40 Thiru-malal Pillai Road, T. Nagar, Chennai-600017

Kindly publish so that all your readers canhave benefit from this important informa-tion.

For Rural DevelopmentLaxmi Narain ModiManaging TrusteeBaratiya Cattle Resource DevelopmentFoundationAhimsaa Sthal, Anuvrat Marg, Mehrauli,New Delhi 110030,Tel#: 651 0789, 651-9825, Fax: +91 (11)652-8679 5455E-mail: [email protected]

(Continued from page 4) ISCOWP member Pusti and her daugh-

ter Saraswati named their neighbor's

new calf Sunshine Ekadasi because she

was born in the sunshine on Ekadasi.

Sara feeds it with a bottle everyday.

telephone:+27 21 8515124\5\6

The manager here in S.A is Greg Mac-Neillie. I wrote to them and they were re-ally helpful, they sent me this booklet onthe SGS standard requirements to be-come organically certified.

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ing dung is considered valuable. Excerptsof this presentation were presented in theVolume 8 Issue 2 of the ISCOWP Newsand can be viewed in its entirety atwww.iscowp.com. Other explanations ofthe practical value of the cow in India'ssociety can be found in another publica-tion by the Trust entitled "The SecularCow Economy." You may obtain copiesof these publications from the ViniyogPrivar Trust, B-2/104, VJambligall, Bori-vali (West), Bombay-400 092, Tel. 8077781/802 0749, Fax: 91-22-802-0749

An excerpt from the "Secular Cow Econ-omy": Here one point in respect of Hin-

duism needs be borne inmind, namely, that Hinduismas a religion is perhaps themost practical and earth-bound, i.e. material religionso far as material life is con-cerned as it is highly idealis-tic in respect of spiritual as-pects. For centuries down-wards our country's economyis cow based, carrying onfarming and transport withbullocks, and obtaining nour-ishing food from cow. So oldthinkers placed the cow on ahigh religious pedestal to pro-vide adequate protection tothe cow and thereby to theeconomy. This essay attemptsto bring to the notice of thepeople the basic facts of thecow economy which has sofar been disregarded.(pg.1).

Some experts, both Indianand foreign, have it seems made it theirlife-mission to slaughter cows on a na-tional scale. They have placed before thepeople false figures and twisted facts. Myhumble attempts is to place before thepeople the other side of the issue as alsoto challenge the experts to satisfy the peo-ple as to how after slaughtering the cattle,science would help solve existing prob-lems and relative points raised herein. Iclaim that the cow herself is alive science.The cow is the answer to the atomic de-structiveness, the cow is the natural andtotally indigenous atomic umbrella, andthe cow is the solid function of all eco-nomic, cultural and religious activities ofthe Indian life.

houses. It said the companies hadpledged to continue the ban until the gov-ernment improved the conditions underwhich animals were transported andslaughtered for leather and meat.

Last month, the animal rights group saidthat Gap Inc, the second largest clothingretailer in the United States, had agreedto shun Indian leather.

India's leather exports are worth $1.7 bil-lion a year. Cows are sacred to Hindus,who make up roughly 80 percent of In-dia's billion-strong population, and cattleslaughter is banned in all but two of In-

dia's 26 states. But PETA estimatesaround 13 million cows are slaughteredin India every year for beef and hide.PETA says cattle are also made to marchfor days to slaughterhouses under cruelconditions._______________________________

Editor's Note: The concept that there areunproductive cows in India that can notbe expected to be protected is refuted bymany on practical as well as philosophi-cal grounds. "Dung is GoldMine"circulated by Viniyog ParivarTrust, Munbai India, explains that dungis so valuable to the economy of Indiathat an old cow or ox that is still produc-

Is Nothing Sacred?

A simpler solution would be to lift theban on cow slaughter throughout India,to deter the deadly, illegal herdingsacross state lines. "Villagers can't affordto keep unproductive cows. They're notsaints," says Bangalore animal-welfareworker Suparna Baksi-Ganguly."Slaughter has to be made more acces-sible--suppressing it causes greater mis-ery to the animals." But such a stepwould provoke the ire of cow lovers, andno political party is likely to risk that. Soin a land that venerates them, cows willcontinue to pay a high pricefor their holiness.

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From: <[email protected]>Subject: Animal ActivistsSay Retailers to Ban IndianLeather Date: Tuesday,May 30, 2000 12:57 PM

This Excite News Article(http://news.excite.com/news/r/000530/05/science-india-leather)has been sentto you [email protected]

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NEW DELHI, India(Reuters) - An internationalanimal rights group saidTuesday it had persuadedfive big global retailers tostop using leather from India where itsaid cows faced cruel treatment despitetheir sacred status.

The U.S.-based People for the EthicalTreatment of Animals (PETA) said theretailers included American clothingcompanies Liz Claiborne Inc. and J.Crew Group Inc. as well as privately-owned British shoe maker C & J ClarkLtd. and men's footwear maker FlorsheimGroup Inc.

A PETA statement said the companieshad pledged to ban Indian leather afterseeing a PETA video showing cows andbuffaloes injured and suffocated in over-loaded lorries on their way to slaughter-

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Mother Jaya Radhe, her newborn calf Yamuna, and Babu the chief

cowherd at Labangalatika's farm. BBC TV in England will present

on the show" EAST" how people still respect and love the cow in

India. It will be aired July31. Some of the film was shot at Laban-

galatika's farm in Raigad, India.

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