Holy Cow!
A sacred cow has been slain - a real one. Shambo the bull had TB and, despite a three month legal dispute, he has finally taken away and killed.
Shando was the scared cow at a Hindu temple. The monks said that the police would have to “physically desecrate a temple to get him,” but eventually let the bull be led away to be killed.
To prevent the spread of the infection, it had to be slaughtered. Whilst I feel for the community who lost their sacred animal, if the infection spread it could cause a huge amount of damage.
It should not matter to the courts whether the cow was considered “sacred” or not by the community. It was infected, ergo it had to be killed. Religious beliefs are not a sufficient basis to prevent the necessary extermination of a infected animal. Letting it live on the basis of religious beliefs would have been a travesty of justice - no religion can or should be above the law.
Sources: The Telegraph, BBC
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