Guest guest Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Haribol Prabhus, sorry the topic raised about eating cows was somewhat controversial. Recently I was reading at random from the 7th canto (I think) and I came across a purport by Srila Prabhupada where he suprisingly mentions that a cow that does not give milk can be killed in emergency but not a milking cow. Obviously these quotes need proper application. I have looked again for the quote but have not found it yet. When I come across it again I will present it to the conference. Regarding the main topic of discussion. I was looking for some scriptural or Srila Prabhupada authority that gives any sanction for killing pests at all in normal conditions. It is clear that one can not use 'artificial fertilsers' (SP letter) and one should not kill pests (SB 7th canto) yet in practice we may have dogs and cats that kill rats or other rodents, or we may encourage one type of living entity that will eat another type of living entity. What is the line between allowed managed pest control and one not allowed for followers of Lord Krishna. Does anyone have a relevant quote to contribute to this discussion. It would be good to have a standard we can measure ourselves by. If we keep a cat to kill rats (for example) are we less implicated than if arranged for a company to come and lay poison for them, or we shot them ourselves. There are quotes against even killing rats. In the practice of agriculture and crop protection what scripturally is allowed? comments please ys syam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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