Appalled citizens rescue cow dragged by butchers behind tempo containing her newborn calf
When 50-year-old Julie Chaudhari left her place on Sunday afternoon, she
was unaware of the terrible cruelty she was soon to witness. On East
Street, Julie caught sight of a cow being dragged by a tempo with her
placenta hanging out and her udders full.
“I peeped into the tempo and saw a terrified newborn calf in there,” Julie told Mirror, adding, “The driver refused to let the cow go. He was reluctant and rude, and said she was being dragged because she is violent.”
When Julie called her niece Aloka Deane, Animal Welfare Body of India officer, the driver and his partner released the cow and fled with the calf, thinking police would come. The maddened mother animal started running behind the tempo causing chaos on the road.
“But after a while she stopped and went into a bungalow opposite 1000 Oaks. She collapsed on the cool green grass there and refused to let anyone come near her,” said Julie. Aloka said, “When I saw the poor cow, I called Blue Cross Society and got them to arrange for a vehicle to take her away.“
Some hours later, a man named Asim Qureshi turned up and claimed the cow was his. “We had just finished feeding her and she was calming down,” said Aloka. Police also reached the spot and two men named Dinesh Ahire and Mehmood Patel turned up with the calf saying the cow was theirs.
“They began apologising and asked that the cow be returned,” said Aloka. Seeing her calf, the cow made an attempt to stand but was unable to do so. Avan tried to take the cow to the Blue Cross Hospital in Mundhwa, but the exhausted animal refused to enter it.
Animal welfare officer Manoj Oswal finally shifted her to a cowshed near Poona College, where the calf will be kept for three weeks and then shifted. Ahire and Patel admitted that the calf was being taken away to be slaughtered, as newborn bulls are rarely reared. Aloka added, “We will be filing a case against the driver and owner.”
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“I peeped into the tempo and saw a terrified newborn calf in there,” Julie told Mirror, adding, “The driver refused to let the cow go. He was reluctant and rude, and said she was being dragged because she is violent.”
When Julie called her niece Aloka Deane, Animal Welfare Body of India officer, the driver and his partner released the cow and fled with the calf, thinking police would come. The maddened mother animal started running behind the tempo causing chaos on the road.
“But after a while she stopped and went into a bungalow opposite 1000 Oaks. She collapsed on the cool green grass there and refused to let anyone come near her,” said Julie. Aloka said, “When I saw the poor cow, I called Blue Cross Society and got them to arrange for a vehicle to take her away.“
Some hours later, a man named Asim Qureshi turned up and claimed the cow was his. “We had just finished feeding her and she was calming down,” said Aloka. Police also reached the spot and two men named Dinesh Ahire and Mehmood Patel turned up with the calf saying the cow was theirs.
“They began apologising and asked that the cow be returned,” said Aloka. Seeing her calf, the cow made an attempt to stand but was unable to do so. Avan tried to take the cow to the Blue Cross Hospital in Mundhwa, but the exhausted animal refused to enter it.
Animal welfare officer Manoj Oswal finally shifted her to a cowshed near Poona College, where the calf will be kept for three weeks and then shifted. Ahire and Patel admitted that the calf was being taken away to be slaughtered, as newborn bulls are rarely reared. Aloka added, “We will be filing a case against the driver and owner.”
http://www.punemirror.in/article/2/201207302012073009493468878b24660/Mooved-by-the-horror.html?pageno=3
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