Why Abattoirs Abolition

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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As a result of chain reactions of the vicious circle of slaughtering and destroying of precious cattle wealth of this rich & prosperous country, there were manifold implications. Because of the destroyal of animals, the dung for fuel & manure for natural Bharatiya fertilising went on becoming scarce. This resulted in cutting of forests on one hand and non-availability of manure & bullocks for Bharatiya village agriculture. It also gave birth to the necessity of importing foreign fertilisers. The vicious circle commenced and went on rotating fast. Rains went on becoming rare, grass and food scarce, animals starving and milk becoming dear & dear. Taking advantage of these unfortunate conditions our educated experts & politicians went on increasing and showing the necessity of slaughtering animals in abundance. The statistics of first five year plan abattoirs show the percentage of slaughters and meat export TEN times more since 1972 and now they aim at making it FOUR TIMES MORE!!
Can anyone imagine where this process and so called 'progress' will end? Perhaps unto the total destruction of our precious cattle wealth! And then the total agriculture and food production also will entirely stop!! Do our experts & politicians realise even for a while that cattle wealth & agriculture and environmental situations are inter-dependent in this country?
Think of, honestly think of these facts of Bharatiya conditions, put aside political colouring of this religion or that behind the question of saving cattle wealth and cows & bullocks and all animals. The saving of all animals is in the interest of agriculture, Bharatiya culture and humanitarian compassion. To tell very precisely without any more elaboration, Bharatiya conditions do not at all necessitate slaughtering and slaughter houses whether modern or ancient. If we do project its necessity, it is for other means of all concerned vested interests. Will they reply why the huge cry of saving environments? Why the plans of protecting wild life and ferocious beasts? If these wild animals are dear and worth preserving, why not the innocent dumb animals who have served the mankind from time immemorial till this day? Why do we need milk & milk products? Do they think that the milk products will be available by destroying cattle wealth in the western ways? (Please do not argue about the slaughtering of 'unuseful & old' cattle; this has proved to be hypocrisy and highest lie & cruel corruption at Deonar and other Abattoirs). Hence the naked truth calls for no necessity at all not only for setting up new mechanical abattoirs but also for existing abattoirs. Again this is also not only for saving cattle wealth and agriculture, etc but for saving ourselves, for saving humankind and for solving all our problems?
A practical Scientist & Scholar Late Satish Chandra Dasgupta, disciple of Scientist Praful Chandra Roy and constructive follower of Mahathma Gandhi has observed after his indepth study of whole life that -
"Land, plants & vegetation, animals & man - there is a unity between these four. By uniting these all only we get right perspective. The same thinking is applied to cattle farming & dairy industry. We fail when we divide & isolate these four and succeed when we keep them united... As regards cattle