Vrndavana, Mayapura - still producing unwanted bull calves

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Fifteen new calves per year at Vrndavana still sounds like way too many, if we

believe they have insufficient land and feed for the current population.

 

The other fundamental question is: Are the bull calves being trained for work?

Or is this another case of sex for sense gratification (i.e., milk) while the

actually progeny (about 7 new bull calves per year) are unwanted.

 

It appears that in Mayapur the unwanted bulls will be given away, while in

Vrndavana the unwanted bulls will be squeezed into the already overcrowded

conditions. Vrndavana's situation sounds only a tiny bit better than

Mayapura's, because all of us on the cow conference know that the production of

unwanted bull calves is not ultimately sustainable. Eventually, these animals

will also be abused or sold to slaughter.

 

The Ministry's Minimum Cow Protection Standards require that there be a firm

plan for the lifetime training and care of the resulting calf, especially the

resulting bull calf, before a cow can be bred. It doesn't sound like Vrndavana

is meeting this standard.

 

If they are determined to break this standard, wouldn't it at least be better

to

limit the breeding to 5 cows per year?

 

your servant,

 

Hare Krsna dasi

 

 

 

"ISCOWP (Balabhadra Dasa & Chaya Dasi - USA)" wrote:

 

> Dear Niscala Prabhu,

>

> PAMHO. AGTSP.

>

> First the good news: Vrndavana is current with their cow reports and has now

> numbered and named all their cows, breeding has been reduced to 15 a year, a

> land development plan for some of the goshalla land of housing for lease

> and profits thereof to go to the purchase of more land is being put into

> place, and cows of the Thakapur indigenous breed have been purchased as the

> only ones to be bred from now on.

>

> 2nd: The bad news: Mayapur is current in their cow reports, all cows were

> named and numbered, but animals are still being gvien away starting again

> this last quarter. Attempts at communication has produced silence.

>

> Your servant,

> Chayadevi

> -

> "Niscala Devidasi" <niscala89 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>

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

> Saturday, October 13, 2001 9:47 AM

> question to ISCOWP

>

> > Dear Chayadevi,

> >

> > I just read in the GBC resolutions:

> >

> > If the Minister of Cow Protection and Agriculture does not receive reports

> > from either Vrindavan or Mayapur temples regularly during 2001, starting

> on

> > the above date, then all breeding, purchasing, and acceptance of donations

> > of cows shall be stopped for the delinquent temple until proper compliance

> > is met.

> >

> > Have reports been received as yet, or has breeding stopped?

> >

> > ys, Niscala

> >

> >

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