: ‘Cow vigilantism has led to a major collapse in animal markets and hurt farm incomes’: Cattle expert #IndiaNEWS Cattle ownership as a percentage of total livestock ownership in India declined

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‘Cow vigilantism has led to a major collapse in animal markets and hurt farm incomes’: Cattle expert #IndiaNEWS
Cattle ownership as a percentage of total livestock ownership in India declined to 35% in 2019 from 37% in 2007, while ownership of buffaloes, sheep and goats has increased, according to the 2019 Livestock Census published by the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.One significant trend that emerges from the census is that the population of total indigenous/nondescript cattle has declined by 6%, to 142.11 million in 2019 from 151.17 million in 2012. The decline was even higher, at about 9%, during the 2007-’12 census period. The population of male animals in this category has declined from 61.95 million in 2012 to 43.94 million in 2019, while female animals’ numbers have increased by 10% – from 89.22 million in 2012 to 98.17 million in 2019.Meanwhile, the Central Government’s May 2017 ban on cow slaughter – purportedly to preserve and improve indigenous breeds, and prohibit the slaughter of cows, calves and other milch and draught cattle – has had an impact on farm incomes and increased the numbers of stray cattle, experts said. Cow slaughter is now prohibited everywhere in India except in Kerala, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.Veterinary scientist and bovine economy expert Sagari R Ramdas is a member of the Food Sovereignty...Read more

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