Slaughter cows, and you’ll slaughter the economy!
The first slaughterhouse in India was started in 1760, with a capacity to kill 30,000 animals per day. At least one crore cows were killed in a year.
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Cow is not holy in India anymore…
Just a few facts:
Some More Terrible Consequences of Cow Slaughter
Some more consequences of cow slaughter and resultant non-availability of dung in India:
Closure of Schools Imparting Experience-based Knowledge
In villages during winter, people used to make bonfire of dung cakes at night and sit around it talking.
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Effects of Animal Slaughter on Forests vis-à-vis Fuel Shortage
After independence of India (1947), the availability of dung cakes reduced drastically. This forced people to use firewood as fuel.
The ratio of firewood to food grain price doubled in India between 1975-85 which made cutting wood for sale economically attractive. Neglect of people’s need for cheap and local fuel has made cutting wood for firewood a lucrative trade.
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Importance of Cow Dung for Sanskars
Because of lack of cow dung in India, Sanskars can not be performed properly nowadays.
In Hindu culture, there are 16 religious rituals (Sanskar) starting from birth (in fact there is one sanskar even before birth!) to death and none of these rituals can be performed without dung.
It is essential to attain or provide purity to the mind, to the environment or surroundings, to the mental status and to the ingredients which are utilized at the time of performing any religious ritual.
Health of 120 000 000 women in India in peril!
The female population in the villages of India in the reproductive age group is 15 crores. They need utmost care at the time of giving birth to a child and immediately thereafter.
For centuries, experienced midwives used to supervise and provide necessary care as per the principles of Ayurveda to women in village’s time of childbirth. Two basic aids for such a system of care were a massage of oil, and fomentation on fire lit with dung cakes.
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