Madhya Pradesh has long claimed to have the toughest cow-protection laws in India, with a ban on cow slaughter in place since ...

About 5 million stray cattle roam India, eating garbage, causing car accidents, attacking people, and spreading disease. Farmers are turning to artificial insemination to control numbers, and the ...

The move comes as stray cattle continue to pose serious challenges in urban areas, triggering traffic snarls, road accidents ...

An 18-year-old schoolboy was shot and killed by so-called cow protection vigilantes in India after they chased him for miles over suspicion of being involved in cattle smuggling. The incident took ...

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A viral disease has killed nearly 100,000 cows and buffaloes in India and sickened over 2 million more. The outbreak has triggered devastating income losses for cattle farmers since the disease not ...

Indolent cows languidly chewing their cud while befuddled motorists honk and maneuver their vehicles around them is an image as stereotypically Indian as saffron-clad holy men and the Taj Mahal. Now, ...

In India, cows are sacred. They roam unharmed through the streets as crowds of people and clusters of traffic ebb and flow around them. The Hindu religion regards cows and bulls as holy because they ...