Cyber-Campaign To Save A Bull From Slaughter
LONDON - The campaign to save Shambo, a bull in a Hindu temple in Wales that has tested positive for tuberculosis, has reached cyberspace - monks at the temple have set up a webcam called MooTube so that supporters can keep an eye on it.
15 May 2007
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Hindu groups in Britain have threatened to form a human chain comprising thousands of Hindus from all over the country to prevent the animal's slaughter by May 21.
The matter has reached the House of Commons with MP Andrew Dismore tabling a motion urging the government to use its discretion to spare the animal considered sacred in Hinduism. Thousands have signed an online petition supporting Shambo.
The motion tabled by Dismore, MP for Hendon, stated, "That this house expresses concern at the decision of DEFRA inspectors, that Shambo the bull, (part of the herd kept at Skanda Vale Hindu temple and monastery), must be slaughtered; recognised this to be a matter of utmost importance to the Hindu community, with some 90,000 pilgrims visiting Skanda Vale from around the country who regard such slaughter as an act of desecration; and urges the government to use its discretion under section 34 animal health act 1981 to reprieve Shambo."
Hindu groups in Britain have threatened to form a human chain comprising thousands of Hindus from all over the country to prevent the animal's slaughter by May 21. A notice of the intended slaughter has been issued according to Welsh assembly rules.
An assembly government spokesman said, "Wales, in common with many other countries, implements a control policy, based on testing and the slaughter of animals believed to be infected, in order to protect both human and animal health.
Source: EconomicTimes
