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UP: 152 cows die in 5 months at one of country’s biggest and richest shelters
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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is known to tend to a large population of cows at the Gorakhnath Temple, where he is the head priest, and has enforced a crackdown on illegal abattoirs. But critics say such measures unfairly target minority communities and no real measures to protect or nourish the bovine population are taken.
The Kanpur society was formed with sole criterion of taking care of stray cows but allegations of neglect and siphoning of funds were triggered after an autopsy of the four dead cows on Tuesday pointed at empty intestines and urinary bladder.
It means the cows hadn’t eaten anything nor did they drink water out of weakness, doctors say. “The conditions we have found are possible if the intake is negligible for prolonged period,” said Dr Dharmendra of the hospital. “The cows were anaemic and devoid of nutritious food.”
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A cow’s proscribed diet is eight kg of hay and 15 kg of green fodder. Baba Tiwari, a caretaker at the shelter, said inadequate fodder was being given to the cows for a long time despite no shortage. Other members say the cows were getting one kg of hay and two kg of green fodder every day.
The general secretary of society Shyamji Arora dismissed the allegations and said the cows were attended by doctors on a day-to-day basis and eight members of the shelter examined the fodder. “Every day 18 quintals of hay and 20 quintal of green fodder is given to the cows; now that summer has set in, green fodder will not be available for next one month,” he said.
One cow, he said, was dehydrated and old cows were on light food on the advice of the doctors. “It is alarming for all of us and the case will be investigated to find out how this happened and where the fodder is going”.
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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is known to tend to a large population of cows at the Gorakhnath Temple, where he is the head priest, and has enforced a crackdown on illegal abattoirs. But critics say such measures unfairly target minority communities and no real measures to protect or nourish the bovine population are taken.
The Kanpur society was formed with sole criterion of taking care of stray cows but allegations of neglect and siphoning of funds were triggered after an autopsy of the four dead cows on Tuesday pointed at empty intestines and urinary bladder.
It means the cows hadn’t eaten anything nor did they drink water out of weakness, doctors say. “The conditions we have found are possible if the intake is negligible for prolonged period,” said Dr Dharmendra of the hospital. “The cows were anaemic and devoid of nutritious food.”
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Life of the bovine: Delhi has no time for ‘holy’ cows dying in shelters
A cow’s proscribed diet is eight kg of hay and 15 kg of green fodder. Baba Tiwari, a caretaker at the shelter, said inadequate fodder was being given to the cows for a long time despite no shortage. Other members say the cows were getting one kg of hay and two kg of green fodder every day.
The general secretary of society Shyamji Arora dismissed the allegations and said the cows were attended by doctors on a day-to-day basis and eight members of the shelter examined the fodder. “Every day 18 quintals of hay and 20 quintal of green fodder is given to the cows; now that summer has set in, green fodder will not be available for next one month,” he said.
One cow, he said, was dehydrated and old cows were on light food on the advice of the doctors. “It is alarming for all of us and the case will be investigated to find out how this happened and where the fodder is going”.
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...-starvation/story-2bRfuRFo3qUyxFTr5x3YcO.html
