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India has over 5 million stray cattle according to the livestock census data released in January 2020. [1] The stray cow attacks on humans and crops in both urban and rural areas is an issue for the residents.
India has over 5 million stray cattle according to the livestock census data released in January 2020. [49] While stray cattle are a nuisance to traffic in urban areas, [49] the problem of solid waste pollution, especially plastic pollution and garbage dumped at public places, poses risk to stray cattle which feed on garbage. [50]
India has over 5 million stray cattle according to the livestock census data released in January 2020. [171] The stray cow attacks on humans and crops in both urban and rural areas is an issue for the residents. [172] [173] Stray cattle are a nuisance to traffic in urban areas and frequently cause road accidents.
Indian stray dogs kill endangered species and livestock in national parks, sanctuaries, buffer zones, and protected areas. [34] Indian farmers have complained that stray dogs kill their livestock. [35] Researchers at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment have studied the impact of stray dogs on their surroundings in India.
Government grants and donations are the primary source of income of the cow shelters in India. Since 2014, when BJP government came into power in India, India has spent ₹ 5.8 billion (US$67 million) on cow shelters in two years between 2014 and 2016. [1] A goshala at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. A Goshala at Mayapur ISKCON Temple compound, West Bengal
Violence continued for about a week with "frequent instances of stray killings" and looting. [24] After the 1947 Partition of the Indian subcontinent into Pakistan and India, frequent riots and fatal violence broke in newly created India over cow slaughter.
WVS Hicks' sister-charity Mission Rabies also undertakes the vaccination of stray dogs and their release back in their environment. [10] [11] Earlier, in 2007, IAR has also worked to save stray cattle in Goa. [12] International Animal Rescue was founded in 1988 by John Hicks from Worthing, Sussex and registered as a UK-based charity in 1989.
In FY 2019, India had approximately 192.5 million cattle. India also had 148.9 million goats, 109.9 million buffaloes, 74.3 million sheep, and 9.1 million pigs. [2] Milk production in FY 2022-23 was estimated to have reached 230.58 million tons (459 (gms/day/capita) (increased from 221.06 million tonnes, and 444 gm/day/capita in 2021-22), [3] and egg production had reached a level of 138.38 ...