Haridas:
Here are some of quotes of srila prabhupada on cow protection while on world tour:
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.16.19 -- Hawaii, January 15, 1974
So in this movement, our one program is to respect the cows. We chant this mantra, namo brahmanya-devaya go-brahmana-hitaya ca. The brahminical culture and the cows... Why they have selected the cows? There are so many animals. Why cow protection is so important in Krsna consciousness? Why Krsna personally Himself became a cowherd boy and was taking the care of the cows and the calves? Oh, that is very essential.
Evening Darsana -- July 8, 1976, Washington, D.C.
Give protection to the cows. Krsna mentioned specifically, go-raksya.
That is our request, because Krsna says go-raksya. And in His practical life He played as a cowherd boy giving protection to other cows. There is a picture, Krsna is sitting, and the cow and the calf is feeling very safety. Krsna is embracing. So because we want to be Krsna conscious, we want to follow His personal behavior and instruction.
Letter to: Rupanuga -- 7 December, 1975
Our cows are happy, therefore they give plenty of milk. Vedic civilization gives protection to all the living creatures, especially the cows, because they render such valuable service to the human society in the shape of milk, without which no one can become healthy and strong. In your country the dog is protected, and the cow is killed. The dog is passing stool and urine in the street, he is considered the best friend of man, and the cow is all pure, stool, urine, and milk, but they are taken to the slaughter house and killed for food. What kind of civilization is this. Therefore we have to preach against all this nonsense.
The Journey of Self-Discovery - Plato: Goodness and Government
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The administrators should see that there is law and order and that everyone is doing his duty. The next section is the productive class, the vaisyas, who engage in agriculture and cow protection. And finally there are the sudras, common laborers who help the other sections. This is Vedic civilization -- people living simply, on agriculture and cow protection. If you have enough milk, grains, fruits, and vegetables, you can live very nicely....
...When Maharaja Pariksit saw a degraded man trying to kill a cow, he immediately drew his sword and said, "Who are you? Why are you trying to kill this cow?" He was a real king. Nowadays, unqualified men have taken the presidential post. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals. Why? Because under their noses thousands of cows are being killed, while they collect a good salary. Any leader who is at all religious should resign his post in protest if cow slaughter goes on under his rule.
International society for cow protection:(Iscowp)
ISCOWP's primary concern is to present alternatives to agricultural practices that support and depend upon the meat industry's slaughter of innocent animals, specifically the cow. To this end, ISCOWP presents the practices and philosophy of compassionate cow protection which includes training oxen (male cows or steers) to replace farm machinery and thereby show an alternative to their slaughter. The tenets of cow protection are universal and nonsectarian, available to all regardless of race, creed, or nationality.
http://www.iscowp.org/index.html
The ISCOWP is a great initiative. Countries like US record high stats of beef eating and cow killing. It's in fact a good initiative which would probably cut down the slaughter rate in foreign countries.
India which should have been an example for rest of the world is neglecting cow and ox protection. When we speak of cow protection it should also include ox protection. We should avoid using leather products unless the leather is derived from dead cow or ox.
The part of problem is also because the leaders in India are not like parikshit maharaj.(or raja rishis).
Santosh Kumar:
In India however some people are trying to change the picture. Some groups have come forward and are organizing "Viswa Mangala Gau Gram Yatra" (http://eng.gougram.org/).
There many Saints like Baba Ramdev, Shankaracharyas of peethas and other Gurus are also supporting. However still every year in West bengal more than 2 lakhs of cows get slaughtered (some website reported these statistics). people have to change. They have to understand that if cow vanishes, then prosperity would also vanish.
ISCOWP, Gougram.org etc Many more such groups need to come forward and educate people on the importance of cow protection.
You know 1 thing? My life's aim is to purchase an "independent house" not any Apartment. Just because In apartments i can't do Gopalan. I want to purchase a cow and do her Seva. I want to behave as sonly as Krishna behaved in Dwapara. Here individual (Independent) houses rates are too high compared to apartments, but still I would like to wait for some years to have enough salary to accomodate the housing loan for independent house rather than opting for apartment.
I would purchase an Indian breed cow only not the forein ones. Since as per some statistics, out of some 115 Indian breed of cows ONLY some 30 breeds are left now. Others have extincted due to killings.
People are so much materialistic that they don't want "Love", they want only "profit". The indian breed cow might give less milk but she exhibits all sorts of Satwik qualities like calmness, easy going etc. But people purchase Cross bred cows for high milk yield and those cows come with "Anger" kind of qualities.
I don't like to have an Angry cow which yields 30 litrs per day, I would love to have a "Motherly" cow which if yields only 1 Ltr also, then athat is also fine with me. We should protect those indian breeds which are getting extinct.
If I have more bandwidth then I would also try to save atleast one OLD/Useless cow from slaughter house and would do her Seva. If she doesn't give milk people sell her to slaughter houses. Is that the culture India taught us? people are so money minded that they can't feed an Old mother (cow) when she can't feed us in her old age?
I'm not sure how far i can succeed in my dreams, but if lord krishna's grace remains on me, I would try my best to achieve those aims!!
jai Gaumata
Jai Sri krishna!
Haridas:
The gougram website is highly informative. I found following on the website and i was shocked to see something about india exporting beef
Dark Chapter of Cow Slaughter
* 1760 : Robert Clive established in Calcutta the first abattoir of the country.
* 1861 : Queen Victoria wrote to Viceroy of India prompting to hurt the Indian sentiments towards cows.
* 1947 : At the time of independence, India had a little more than 300 abattoirs. Today there are more than 35,000 approved ones. There are thousands of unapproved slaughter houses.
* The cow-breeds have fallen from 70 to 33. Even among the remaining breeds, some are at the verge of extinction.
* Cow population has reduced by 80% after independence.
* 1993-94 : India exported 1,01,668 ton beef, with a target of 2,00,000 tons for 1994-95.
* We slaughter cow for its hide to make vanity bags and belts, bone-meal for tooth paste, blood for vitamin tablets and intestines (especially of calves) for making gold and silver wafers to stick on sweets.
http://eng.gougram.org/cow-slaughtering/
http://www.akshayapatra.org/
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Akshaypatra
All it takes is Rs. 525 ($11.50 approx.) to feed a child for a full school year. This one meal will give that child much needed nutrition and energy. It will also transform its life
For ten years Akshaya Patra has worked to provide underprivileged children in India with freshly cooked, nutritious food. Our mission now is to serve 5 million (50 lakh) children by 2020.
http://www.akshayapatra.org/video-gallery
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http://www.akshayapatra.org/akshaya-patra-gallery
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