Cow slaughter ban

[Guest guest]

(SB)

Of all kinds

of animal killing, the killing of cows is most vicious because the cow

gives us all kinds of pleasure by supplying milk. Cow slaughter is an act

of the grossest type of ignorance. In the Vedic literature (Rg Veda

9.46.4) the words gobhih prinita-matsaram indicate that one who, being

fully satisfied by milk, is desirous of killing the cow is in the grossest

ignorance. There is also a prayer in the Vedic literature that states:

 

namo brahmanya-devaya

go-brahmana-hitaya ca

jagad-dhitaya krsnaya

govindaya namo namah

 

"My Lord, You are the well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas, and You

are the well-wisher of the entire human society and world." (Visnu Purana

1.19.65) The purport is that special mention is given in that prayer for

the protection of the cows and the brahmanas. Brahmanas are the symbol of

spiritual education, and cows are the symbol of the most valuable food;

these two living creatures, the brahmanas and the cows, must be given all

protection -- that is real advancement of civilization. In modern human

society, spiritual knowledge is neglected, and cow killing is encouraged.

It is to be understood, then, that human society is advancing in the wrong

direction and is clearing the path to its own condemnation. A civilization

which guides the citizens to become animals in their next lives is

certainly not a human civilization.

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The following report almost had me in tears.

What a blunder!

http://dahd.nic.in/ch1/nccpreface.htm

 

......But whether it is Cuttack or Patna, Ranchi or Kolkatta, Mumbai or

Bangalore or Jaipur, Government’s inability to stop the cow slaughter with

iron hands continues, and the excuse given is that it is a social problem to

be abetted and tolerated shamelessly for years together. The various State

Governments have admitted their inability to stop the coming up of large

numbers of illegal slaughter houses and their similar inability to stop the

mass smuggling of cattle to Bangladesh and Kerala, from the States of U.P.,

Haryana, Rajasthan and M.P. in the North and A.P., Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

in the South. This admission should put the present Central Government on

red alert. In Mewat, daily slaughter of thousands of cows are going on with

the Governments of Rajasthan, Haryana and U.P., all turning a blind eye to

it, presumably due to being soft towards Mews. Even the British Government

in 1944 prohibited its Military from killing milking cows and calves up to

three years and males up to 10 years of age, but in the Deonar Slaughter

House in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Government officials accepted that they

treat a cattle as a calf only up to the age of one year. What a pity!

 

The mass slaughter of 2 lakh cows every year on the occasion of Bakrid in

Calcutta alone, in spite of Supreme Court directions of 1994 in Bakrid case

(AIR – 1995 S.C. 464 – Ashutosh Lahiri & Others Vs. State of West Bengal)

prohibiting exemption, even on religious grounds, from provisions of the law

banning cow slaughter, is a challenge to the authorities in New Delhi, both

political and judicial. The Government of West Bengal became an abettor, by

protecting cow slaughterers and arresting protestors such as Shri Jhumarlal

Tawri and his group, thus creating a protective umbrella for the

slaughterers and the Central Government remained a silent spectator. This

phenomenon created cause for serious concern for all Members of the

Commission.

 

The Commission felt more disturbed because a similar judgment of the Supreme

Court, in respect of a dispute in U.P. about the religious place of Ayodhya,

was enforced by both the U.P. State Government, as well as the Central

Government. The Centre used not only police force, but also deputed

para-military forces in big numbers at Ayodhya but the judgment of the

Supreme Court in the Bakrid cow sacrifice prohibition case, was allowed to

be thrown in the waste paper basket of the Writers Building in Calcutta. The

mighty forces of the Central Government, to whom petitions were sent from

various parts of India to ensure protection of about 2 lakh cows in Calcutta

on Bakrid sacrifice, just remained in their barracks, which amounted to

scrapping of Article 14, by discriminating between two judgements of Supreme

Court during the same period and on same religious sensitive issues of Ram

Janma Bhumi and massacre of Lord Krishna’s cows.

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[Guest guest]

The ban is a total ban on alaughter of bulls and cow of all agesin Gujurat

I tried to get the link in Indian Express of an article but could not get

it. It is in Indian express Oct 28th front page.

 

Our friend and lawyer for our Trust RK Joshi prepared the case and won it

now in the Supreme Court. I will ask him for material for cow conf. It is

very encouraging as it prepares the way easily for other states to follow

who want to enact this law., Of course corruption is everywhere and the

law is broken . Now in Maharastra a govt board is formed to see that

animal rights laws are followed and our lawyer is a member of this board

and it means they will get the cooperation of the police to stop illegal

slaughter.

 

The 6 to 1 majority judgement in the Supreme Court ruled that cow and its

progeny constitute the backbone of Indian agriculture and economy and

banning slaughter is in the public interest. It overruled previous verdict

allowing slaughter of old bulls saying that that change in socio economic

needs justify that bulls and bullocks live their full life.

 

People do realise that there is a serious shortage of cow dung because of

greatly reduced number of cattle in India. due to slaughter This is a

great blow against the butchers in the battle to protect the cow. If only

Iskcon could protect cows and bulls. Of course there are some shining

examples. but many temple goshallas are exploiting just like commercial

dairies disposing of bulls and bull calves or half starving them ( no

naming at present) ys Labangalatika dasi

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Hrimati (dd) ACBSP (Mayapur - IN) <Hrimati.ACBSP (AT) pamho (DOT) net>

Cow (Protection and related issues) <Cow (AT) pamho (DOT) net>

Monday, October 31, 2005 12:46 AM

Cow slaughter ban

 

 

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> > Good News...the Supreme Court of India upholds the ban of the Gujarat

> > Government against cow slaughter.

> > You can check the link below for this news

> > http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/oct/26sc.htm

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> thank you for the info. i hurriedly went to the site to read the news

but

> was disappointed by reading it. It says:

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> "The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the 1994 Gujarat government order

> banning slaughter of bulls and bullocks over the age of 16 years."

>

> this means they can slaughter cows of any age and bulls and bullocks below

> 16 years unless they have some other rules in this regard. also, who is

> going to verify the age?

>

> devotees should not be satisfied with such rules. we should pray for a

> complete ban on cow killing, or more specifically cow torture, because if

> the ban is only on cow killing then the demons can find a way to get

around

> with it---- make the cows suffer so that they die "on their own".

ideally

> the law should be written / approved by a cow worshipper who is a devotee

of

> Lord Krishna.

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> Hare Krishna.

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> ys, bbd

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