9 June 2014 - QA 6

In West Bengal there are no Indian cows, only the foreign or hybrid varieties such as the Jersey cows are to be found. The administration there has sent many of the Indian cows to the slaughterhouses for beef, in the name of secularism. So the milk that we drink is not from the pure variety of Indian cows, but rather that of the hybrid cows. Please advise what we should do in such a situation.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Yes, we must do something to secure and promote the indigenous Indian cow varieties.
Just today, a gentleman from Andhra Pradesh had come to meet me. He told me that the species of the bulls found in Ungol were taken to Brazil for breeding. And now we are importing those varieties from Brazil itself.
The species of bulls found in Andhra Pradesh are said to be the best, but it is so unfortunate that the species has nearly disappeared from our own country which is its home, and we have to import it from another foreign country. Why is this so? It is because many years ago, these bulls were exported to Brazil where they have been conserved and bred, while in our own country it has nearly disappeared.
The Andhra Pradesh government is now engaged in efforts to revive and bring back this native species of Indian bull to our country. I truly appreciate the government for this initiative.
I came to know that they are starting a full-fledged revolution to revive the native indigenous Indian varieties of cows and bulls in Andhra Pradesh, and I am happy to pledge every kind of support from the Art of Living for this noble cause.