While the Hindu notion of cows being sacred is well known, the downside of this trait became apparent in the recent finding of a court in Wales.
A Welsh Hindu group, who have several cattle on their monastery grounds, recently appealed the death sentence handed down to one of their cows when it was tested positive for bovine tuberculosis.
Their argument? Destroying the cow was an infringement on their religious freedom.
Bovine tuberculosis is a serious disease; it can spread as tuberculosis to humans either via ingestion of contaminated milk, or even via aerosol spray (e.g., mucus, etc.)
In order to protect other cattle and humans, most developed nations have policies of destroying infected cattle.
Religious freedom is one thing, but to do so at the risk of jeopardizing the health of other animals and people seems a morally specious notion.
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