Nilgiri
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Atleast just in theory ( reading books, browsing online stuff etc etc) as I have no practical understanding about shaivism.
However if in practice they are same now, then that's alright, let's not argue with silly matters. Peace.
If you have not learned vedic or even classical sanskrit....please do not assume on these matters or rely on "translators".
The cattle referred into Vedas have many names and types depending on the context (milk giving vs not) which is why there are contrasting statements regarding their protection when you literally translate things....not to mention the context of the "slaughter" itself. If you know what the esoteric symbolism that is given in Upanishads it is much clearer.... There is basis for cattle protection in the Vedas itself which was augmented (rather than replaced as implied by very distorted cherry pick often false translation) by the puranic development later ,especially with the Krishna/Gita consolidation/mass appeal of bhakti + personal worship (rather than formal worship using priests and the hotr etc)
Problem with Vedas for outsiders is you have to read a whole chapter as a whole to get the meaning (preferably more than just the chapter, but its a bare minimum), not just a line or two. I believe its same with Quran because that is how people have misinterpreted the "kill all infidel" kind of lines (when really context given is when all other options including peaceful negotiation has been exhausted).
But Vedas is even more esoteric in many parts, because the sages composed it before age of writing.....for most of its existence it has been transmitted orally....thus it is very different to other scriptures of religion.
Again relying on bilal (who relies on western translators operating under colonial superiority complex environment) is faulty thing to do.