Kamdhenu The Wish Cow

Author(s): Gunvant Barvalia
Publisher: Ahimsa Research Foundation

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and stud bulls of 100% pure lineage. While in Brazil you find the cows in lakhs and bulls in the thousands, in a place where 50 years ago there was not a single such breed. The entire credit for this goes to Maharaja of Bhavnagar Shri Krishnakumarsinhjis love for animals and the Goshala, which he established and nurtured with love. Just one Goshala in India was responsible for the honour he received. The problem of milk shortage in Brazil was wiped out in 50 years and today it would not be an obverstatement if one said that rivers of milk flow in Brazil. This success can be attributed to two persons. One Mr. Grazia seed of Brazil and the other the Maharaja of Bhavnagar Shri Krishnakumarsinhji.
Mr. Seed used to run a business of cattle rearing in the Parana region of Brazil in a big way. He needed pure bred cows which could thrive in the Brazilian climate. He was against the cross-bred cows of Europe. There were also other reasons why he was keen on finding cows of pure breed. He visited India and took away cows and stud bulls from Punjab, Sindh and Southern India. But these breeds could not thrive in the Brazillian climate. Someone suggested to him that the Gir-Kankrej breed of cows would be perfectly suited for the Brazilian climate. He went around the cattle fairs in Saurashtra but could not find a breed that could satisfy him. Eventually he was informed that some of the best bred cows would be with the Goshala run by the Maharaja of Bhavnagar and thus Mr. Seed reached Bhavnagar.