tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865107792737873406.post1254612488725163766..comments2022-09-30T01:18:34.727-07:00Comments on Vendetta: Why I'm OK with the Ban on Cow SlaughterVyomikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618497917175697034noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865107792737873406.post-89959676693842156082017-07-16T09:55:41.246-07:002017-07-16T09:55:41.246-07:00It's unkind and savage to kill to eatIt's unkind and savage to kill to eatHIRDESH SAHNIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15958260515292461059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865107792737873406.post-1953408556117289182015-04-03T00:09:52.210-07:002015-04-03T00:09:52.210-07:001. Corruption shouldn't be a roadblock to atle...1. Corruption shouldn't be a roadblock to atleast put laws in place. Otherwise, we'd be saying that giving bribe should not be a forced ban, only because we anyway end up giving it under the table. Also investment in illegal activities has a trickle down affect and would increase the cost of smuggled beef, thereby reducing the demand.<br /><br />2. Hinduism- I'd encourage you, me and everyone else to continue fighting against misuse of every animal, instead of opposing this ban. My inability to save a chicken or a pig today, by no means justifies why I should not jump on the opportunity to save the cow.<br /><br />I honestly, don't care what caused the ban. All I care about it is, that it has some good impact and that it has made the meat eaters to start discussing the meat industry. With controversial bans, come discussions and discussions lead to awareness about the whole ecosystem- from dairy to slaughter. It's a good time to go all out and educate!<br /><br />3. Abandonment- it is only the immediate effect. Looking at it from a long-term perspective of the whole supply-demand scene changing, the demand for meat reduces and the farmers who didn't mind that the cow would live only 4 years because they could still make money out of the sale, would now have a reason to start thinking of ways to increase the cow's expectancy so that milk can get them more money. This will increase investment in the cow's health and could also lead to higher cost of milk itself. With higher cost of milk, demand reduces. <br /><br />These might be incremental changes and not significant ones. But I see more good than harm caused by this ban, in the long term. <br /><br />If I think about the cows, bulls, bullocks bred at this time for meat specifically VS their breeding post the ban- will there not be a reduction?Vyomikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14898899730641212026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3865107792737873406.post-31431346947431229572015-04-02T08:25:51.019-07:002015-04-02T08:25:51.019-07:00Disclosure: I'm an ethical vegan.
I don't ...Disclosure: I'm an ethical vegan.<br />I don't agree on a few things here. Firstly, enforcement is very poor in India while corruption is rampant. So the cows will now be secretly transported to neighboring states, enduring more pain and suffering on the way to their deaths. Secondly, I don't really believe that the farmers will suddenly have a change of heart and allow the calves to live with their mothers for even a day longer just because there's a ban on cow slaughter and beef sale. Realistically, what will happen is that the calves will be abandoned on the streets and left to die of starvation or left to be "kidnapped" by people who would want to slaughter them (illegally) for their meat. Unless the Hindus who're against cow slaughter show more interest to understand the connection between dairy and slaughter and then put some effort in changing their lifestyles to eliminate (or drastically cut down) dairy, there won't be a big change. Even if that happens, there's always a big export market that the government wants to tap, but that's a different topic altogether.<br /><br />All the cows who're spent within a few years must end up somewhere. There's not enough interest or money or land or food to sustain these "useless animals" (from the farmer's point of view), especially when you consider that they would be in tens of thousands everyday across the country.<br /><br />Maybe this will turn out to be good in another way. When more cows and calves are abandoned on the streets, maybe, just maybe, it will make people think about it and slowly start moving more people to switch to veganism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com