The Government of India took a huge step when it finally decided to ban beef around the country , and if not completely, it did it’s best that this animal - worshipped in Hinduism , Protected by Jainism and considered holy in Buddhism - had its freedom to live a life not afraid of the humans. No state law explicitly bans the consumption of beef and there is a lack of uniformity among State laws governing cattle slaughter. Most states have laws that make the slaughter of a cow / buffalo under the age of 15 to 16 illegal or if the animal is of importance and healthy. An argument, however, stated that the cattle will always be useful as even its dung is used for economic purposes.
Honestly there seems no harm in the whole law being issued , if looked at, through the eyes of an ecologist . Cow slaughter is a very cruel industry and the animals are put under conditions that could be described as tortuous right from
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Since cows are only of value when healthy and productive , when it is time to sell them off the farmers do so and earn their money , however , the resale values have now fallen to a huge extent. This is the reason farmers have started abandoning cattle as it would be completely uneconomical for farmers to rear the animal. farmers have always been able to rely on selling their animals to traders who supply animals to slaughter houses. The economic value of an animal, despite it not being purchased by another farmer, exists because of all post-farm downstream economic values of the cattle economy after slaughter: cattle beef as a critical part of food cultures and a cheap source of protein, cattle skin the basis of India’s thriving leather Industry valued at US $ 17.8 billion, generating 95% of India’s foot wear