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Cattle slaughter in India, especially cow slaughter, is a controversial phenomenon due to cattle's status as adored and respected living beings to adherents of Dharmic religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism.
Riots triggered by slaughter of cows continued in rural and urban locations of India in the 1950s and 1960s. [26] According to Ian Copland and other scholars, it was the practical stop of cow sacrifice ritual as Islamic festivals after 1947 that largely led to a reduction in riots from the peak observed just before India's independence. [ 27 ]
[6] [7] Cattle slaughter is banned in most states of India. [8] Recently emerged cow vigilante groups, claiming to be protecting cattle, have been violent leading to a number of deaths. Cow-protection groups see themselves as preventing cattle theft and smuggling, [9] protecting the cow or upholding the law in an Indian state which bans cow ...
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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. [2] [3] Cow slaughter is banned in many places in India with penalties of long imprisonment and huge fines.
Sri Lanka currently bans the sale of cattle for meat throughout all of the island, following a legislative measure that united the two main ethnic groups on the island (Tamils and Sinhalese), [13] whereas legislation against cattle slaughter is in place throughout most states of India except Kerala, West Bengal, and parts of the North-East.
Cattle smuggling in India is the movement of cattle for slaughter and processing from the states of India where cattle slaughter is illegal to those states where it is legal as well as to neighboring countries such as Bangladesh. It is widespread in India, with some estimates stating that over a million cattle are smuggled every year. [12] [9] [38]
The scope, extent, and status of cow slaughter in ancient India has been a subject of intense scholarly dispute. Marvin Harris notes the Vedic literature to be contradictory, with some stanzas suggesting ritual slaughter and meat consumption, while others suggesting a taboo on meat eating; however, Hindu literature relating to cow veneration became extremely common in the first millennium A.D ...