The vegans and omnivores were right. Vegetarianism is a huge fraud.
50% of cattle at birth are male. In order to sustain milk production, male calves are killed off within days of birth. I've myself spoken about how cruel veal is.
In states like UP, where it is now illegal to kill cattle (and dangerous to even process/dispose cattle carcasses), male calves are growing into bulls and roaming freely.
Gaushalas, assuming they are even adequate and functional (ha ha), only cater to cows. Bulls and male calves have nowhere to go but the fields of poor farmers, and cause violence in the streets.
So if you are vegetarian (consume dairy but do not consume meat) and are also against the slaughter of cows, you are not offering a solution. You are only propagating a problem that largely does not affect you, and disproportionately impacts the poor. (And I am not even considering the financial impact of the ban on cattle sale on marginal farmers.)
And how exactly do we vegetarians consider ourselves "superior" to those who are consuming beef? Per the 2019 livestock census, India had 14.5cr female cattle and 4.7cr male cattle. 10cr male calves were less because they had been killed at birth so we can consume milk. We are creating the veal of male calves when we consume milk/dairy, whether we admit it or not. And when we further demand and achieve a ban on cattle slaughter, those छुटवा male calves simply become a living problem for poor farmers. Not to mention how incredibly hard it would be for 10cr unwanted large domestic animals to live ferally.
[Rearing bulls is a huge passion in Goa. They are taken out for walks every evening. These beasts are huge and powerful. Can't imagine living among stray bulls.]
50% of cattle at birth are male. In order to sustain milk production, male calves are killed off within days of birth. I've myself spoken about how cruel veal is.
In states like UP, where it is now illegal to kill cattle (and dangerous to even process/dispose cattle carcasses), male calves are growing into bulls and roaming freely.
Gaushalas, assuming they are even adequate and functional (ha ha), only cater to cows. Bulls and male calves have nowhere to go but the fields of poor farmers, and cause violence in the streets.
So if you are vegetarian (consume dairy but do not consume meat) and are also against the slaughter of cows, you are not offering a solution. You are only propagating a problem that largely does not affect you, and disproportionately impacts the poor. (And I am not even considering the financial impact of the ban on cattle sale on marginal farmers.)
And how exactly do we vegetarians consider ourselves "superior" to those who are consuming beef? Per the 2019 livestock census, India had 14.5cr female cattle and 4.7cr male cattle. 10cr male calves were less because they had been killed at birth so we can consume milk. We are creating the veal of male calves when we consume milk/dairy, whether we admit it or not. And when we further demand and achieve a ban on cattle slaughter, those छुटवा male calves simply become a living problem for poor farmers. Not to mention how incredibly hard it would be for 10cr unwanted large domestic animals to live ferally.
[Rearing bulls is a huge passion in Goa. They are taken out for walks every evening. These beasts are huge and powerful. Can't imagine living among stray bulls.]