“Cow protection means protection of the weak, the helpless, the dumb and the deaf.”-Mahatma Gandhi

We have to try to learn and find a solution for the issue of endangered indigenous cattle breeds. We have a unique value for our land and the people, for nutrition and wellbeing.

“In terms of health, in terms of cancer prevention, and above all, for our children to grow up well, and to fertilize the land, these indigenous breeds are very important.” It’s high time for everybody in the nation to take the first small steps to conserve these cattle breeds.

Why should we preserve these indigenous breeds?

It is scientifically established that the milk from these cows, and even their dung and their urine are very useful in our agriculture. The milk has a special quality. It has an A2 protein. Most breeds in other parts of the world have milk with A1 protein, which is said to cause coronary heart disease. In terms of health, in terms of cancer prevention, and above all, for our children to grow up well, and to fertilize the land, these indigenous breeds are very important. We need to bring this into people’s awareness, including those who live in towns and cities.

We have to take charge to promote organic agriculture, we have to support and help the organic farmers to bring in these indigenous Indian bovine breeds. Right now, the seriousness and the enlightenment happened among the younger generation on a very small scale, but we need to enlarge our vision to do this on a larger scale. We need to support the government and the non- profit organisations who are investing their efforts to make this noble vision to spread and widen in every region of the country, and we have to rise to set up an institute or organization to preserve and promote the local breeds. We need to bring them back. It is very, very important to do this; for us and for our future generations.