A NOTE ON THE REAL SUFFERING BULLS IN INDIA

EVERY LIVING BEING HAS A STORY TO TELL.....

I thought of scribbling something on this gentle beasts of burden. I was fortunate enough to work with largest animal rights organisation, PETA for a couple of years. There I got a golden opportunity to work for those toiling souls on roads of Maharashtra.What astonishes me is the dead cruel attitude of the callous mind sets of course justified by many excuses of rituals , customs and tradition. 
YOKE GALL is a painful surgical condition affecting from over load. The cruel treatment devised by the animal handlers were putting more load to make the pus pocket "flat". I had witnessed a cardiac arrest in bullock due to over load.Lack of veterinary care is indeed a pain for the nation.

YOKE GALL- The pus pockets under subcutis

The most common working animal in India is the gentle bullock. Bullocks are forced to haul tons of loads often exceeding the legal weight limit. Pushed to their limit, bullocks often suffer from swollen joints, torn muscles and severe wounds. The huge lump on a bullock’s neck could be an infected yoke gall injury caused by an ill-fitting yoke. They struggle for many miles each day in extreme heat, often with no rest. They stumble on rutted dirt roads, and many become lame. An inadequate diet also takes its toll on bullocks. Bull races and bull fights are the most common ab(uses) of these animals in the country.  During bull races, bulls are deprived of food, water and shade; yanked by nose ropes; and forced to run by having their tails bitten and twisted, being struck and having irritants rubbed into their mouths. There is no end to human cruelty to this Shiva's "NANDI"

THE HEIGHT OF INSANITY- PAIRING DIFFERENT SPECIES TOGETHER 

Punishable offence under Section 11 (1) (a) Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960