Stray cows - one of India's problems

• Homeless cows - one of the problems of India

As in many other cities around the world, the Indian urban communities are many stray dogs that live near people. But the biggest problem in India - it's not a dog, and cow. Each month, they cause thousands of traffic accidents, blocking the movement and spread of the disease.

The government long been aware of the problems arising from the fact that the cows are free to move through the busy urban roads, but no one seems to know what to do with it.

Stray cows were part of Indian urban life for many years, but in recent years, with the development of infrastructure and the increasing number of cars, they bring more problems. Urban Cow are not afraid of traffic, so one can often see them walking about calmly in the middle of the road. Violence is unacceptable to him as cows are considered sacred, causing harm angry Indians, so people need to keep anger under control, no matter how bad things.

The fact that in India there are homeless animals, is directly related to its sacred status in the predominantly Hindu country. Slaughter banned in most parts of the state, so that when the cows and bulls shall cease to be of any use or become too great a financial burden, the owners just put them on the street. This occurs so long that today the number of stray cows in India in the millions and is growing rapidly.

The cows can be seen strolling through the busy roads in large cities such as New Delhi. They cause accidents and blocking traffic, but they are most dangerous at night. Drivers of vehicles which are moving at a high speed, it is difficult to observe these animals in time and the accident sometimes lead to death. Punjab authorities have announced that, homeless cows involved in road accidents over the last 30 months, killing 300 people. And that's just in one state.

But traffic accidents and traffic jams - just two problems caused by cows. Although most of them look healthy, in fact they are ill or suffer some dangerous food and water-borne pathogens. In general, these cows are fed garbage, and data show that their milk, as well as the waste that they produce, full of antibiotics, hormones and heavy metals, some of which can cause disease in humans, while others - even lead to death.

Another problem - illegal dairies in major cities in India. Contaminated milk cows street they sell cheaply to the poor. Not only do they deliberately put the cows out to save money on feed, but also sometimes use political connections to the animals released from the cow shelters.

Currently, catching - the only way, which is used by Indian cities to cope with street cows. Sometimes people who are engaged in it, called Urban Cowboy. Their only means - lasso and brute force: they catch cows and pushed into trucks and transported to one of the crowded shelters. They are allowed to use a stun gun only when they are accompanied by a veterinarian, but it happens rarely.

For the "cowboys" are a threat not only to the cow that kicked and rampage, but also people. Frustrated drivers often resorting to violence if catchers too long block movement, trying to catch cows, owners of illegal dairy production comes even worse, and even simple passers-by throwing stones at them, forcing to leave alone the sacred animals.

Fishers struggle to rid the city streets of stray cows, but soon they will not go places where it will be possible to send the animals. Rajendra Singh Shekhawat, who runs the largest shelter in New Delhi, says that his shelter is almost full, and all the others faced with the same problem. And cows are more and more machines and tractors account for their "jobs."

The authorities constantly declare a campaign to rid the city of vagrants, but is estimated to be on the streets still roam 5 million animals.