Standard 11, Feeding

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>b) If cows are being fed bhoga and prasadam scraps in addition to

>their other feed then such feeding must be carefully monitored for the

>safety of the cow.

 

Dear Prabhus,

 

Please note this is dated from Aug '98. I am going through many back

entries.

 

I persoanlly this (b) is not a good idea.

This is because 1) Sree Gopal Karava, secretary to the Indian Cow Protection

Society, told us in Mayapur "I don't see what possible value there is in

feeding any cooked food to cows."

2) If it is, as it seems to me, a doubtfull practice to feed a ruminant

cooked food then I think it wiser to adopt a general policy of NO COOKED

FOOD.

In temple situations one person may come and see no "cooked" food infront of

the cow, and more "cooked" food may get left. There is a danger of too much

of this. And as we've heard above, 'what is the value', and if it can be

detrimental, then best to avoid. It is not the natural food for cows.

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Re: Standard 11, Feeding

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COM: Radha Krsna (das) ACBSP (GB) <radha.krsna.acbsp (AT) com (DOT) bbt.se>

Cow (Protection and related issues)

 

>b) If cows are being fed bhoga and prasadam scraps in addition to

>their other feed then such feeding must be carefully monitored for the

>safety of the cow.

 

Dear Prabhus,

 

Please note this is dated from Aug '98. I am going through many back entries.

 

I persoanlly this (b) is not a good idea. This is because

1) Sree Gopal Karava, secretary to the Indian Cow Protection Society, told us

in Mayapur "I don't see what

possible value there is in feeding any cooked food to cows."

2) If it is, as it seems to me, a doubtfull practice to feed a ruminant cooked

food then I think it wiser to

adopt a general policy of NO COOKED FOOD. In temple situations one person may

come and see no

"cooked" food infront of the cow, and more "cooked" food may get left. There

is a danger of too much of

this. And as we've heard above, 'what is the value', and if it can be

detrimental, then best to avoid. It is not

the natural food for cows.

 

Comment 990225:

This guideline was written because of just the above type of instances. If you

read on (in the Standards) this

method is permitted but only under the strict supervision of the head cowherd.

The cows are not meant to

recieve their substance from such food.

ys,

Rohita dasa