During the Veedur dam visit in February, we continued to travel on the dam road to catch up with the road
that led to Puducherry, encountered a herd of country cows. The dam road takes
us through lovely countryside, and before we head out of the dam area, we see a farmer driving the cows for grazing, and we slow down the car for them to move
out the way. The country cow breed is slowly disappearing
from the earth, though the awareness to preserve our country species are rising
it wasn't much satisfactory. The milk from country cows is unique in taste
and has great benefits to health than the imported jersey cows, which is rears
for the large quantity of milk production. But I could see a rise in the use of
dairy products from country cows lately in Youtube channels, whose domination
is high in the current situation or revolution of the Internet brings hope the
future will take further into action.
I know it’s not easy to rear cattle or cows
from my grandparent's struggle and commitment in taking care of the same when
they were involved in the milk business. But without struggle, no changes
happen, and we need to fight back to reverse the progress, at least to preserve
the leftover for future generations. The world-famous Marina protest or
pro-Jallikattu protest is also a part of the struggle to protect the country's
cows and bulls since its population is decline.
The revolution of tractors and modern
technology drastically turned down the need for cattle but still, the country
cows are reared for milk and dairy products.
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11 comments:
Hello,
What a neat sight, seeing the herd of cattle walking down the road.
Pretty views and photos! Thank you for linking up and sharing your post! Take care, have a happy weekend! PS, thank you for the comment on my post.
Ohh beautiful Jeevan!So nice to see from your country!
Wish you a lovely safe weekend!
Wonderful photos of the country cows and do hope they will evolve and survive ~ Happy Weekend to YOU.
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...they sure look bony!
I never seen cows walking down the road but I have seen sheep. :) Nice photos, Jeevan and have a wonderful weekend.
It's a good thing to take care of unique cattle races. Even in my country idealists tries to do so.
This is so interesting...
I hope your country cattle are preserved. Not all modern changes are improvements.
It is sad and alarming that the old is discarded for the new raised unnaturally for the mass production of a product. Food production for the masses has changed much in nature. It's nice to see patches of the old still thriving.
Beautiful cows but they do look thin.
Interesting to see. I hope some farmers keep the breed going.
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