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2005-08-07 Afghanistan/South Asia
Delhi court offers cowboys cash to round up stray cows
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Posted by john 2005-08-07 12:29|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 This is more CYA than anything else. If you get the local Hindus citizens to do this, then the city politicians don't have to fear an uprising. It will interesting to see if people pick money over religion. I think satisfying hunger pains may take precedence over saving religious cows.
Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-08-07 13:29||   2005-08-07 13:29|| Front Page Top

#2 2000 rupees or 47 US dollars is a hell of a lot of money in India.

From another article

Saurabh Swarup, a student of B Com (pass) in Bhagat Singh College, said that he saw it as a way to earn some pocket money.

Rajesh Kumar, a technician, said that he earned Rs 2,500 after slogging at his garage for a month and was now preparing to catch cows for some quick money.



Justice Kaul had said that he himself counted 16 cows while driving on the road from Lady Sri Ram College to East of Kailash in the heart of the city.

Piqued over MCD's failure to remove stray cattle from the Capital, the court had yesterday asked the civic body's South Zone Deputy Commissioner Ajay Kumar to appear before it today.

The court directed Kumar, Veterinary Officer Dr Pradeep and two Veterinary Inspectors to launch an intensive campaign against stray cattle in South Zone.

If there was no visible change in the situation, these officers would be personally held responsible, the Bench said while fixing August 17 for further hearing.

Posted by john 2005-08-07 14:12||   2005-08-07 14:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Link
Cows on army trucks, cows chased by tempo, cows at the end of ropes held by triumphant students in torn clothes.

For a day, posh south Delhi turned Wild West for fortune hunters after the high court ordered that the civic authorities must pay Rs 2,000 to any citizen who caught a stray cow on a street.

From college student to soldier, bus driver to middle-class office-goer — they all seemed to have taken the day off to turn cowboy on Friday. Stick and lasso in hand, they fearlessly chased the horned beasts through the streets and wrestled them down with spirit.

The lone corporation pound for south Delhi at Malviya Nagar, which can hold only 50 cows, nearly witnessed a riot as cattle-catchers from all over converged to deposit their stray cows and bulls.

But the great capital cattle rush lasted only a single day and traffic to the pound was down to a trickle this morning.

The reason: the city fathers would not hand the catchers the cash they wanted but only a receipt.

“Show me the money,” cried Khalid, a B.Sc student at Aurobindo College, who had caught a cow at Malviya Nagar on Friday. He had torn his trousers and lost his slippers in the effort. He now wanted hard cash, not a scrap of paper with something scribbled on it.
Posted by john 2005-08-07 14:15||   2005-08-07 14:15|| Front Page Top

#4  A CASH reward on the heads of New Delhi's stray cows has sparked road chaos in the Indian capital as bounty hunters on motorbikes compete to round up the cattle.

Posted by john 2005-08-07 14:16||   2005-08-07 14:16|| Front Page Top

#5 This seems appropriate: Cows With Guns

"We will fight for bovine freedom,
And hold our large heads high,
We will run free with the [water] buffalo, or diiieeee."

:-D


Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2005-08-07 15:29|| http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com]  2005-08-07 15:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Barb-
You beat me by THIS much with the 'Cows With Guns' reference.

Next time....*G*

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-08-07 16:59||   2005-08-07 16:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Sorry, Mike.

(not really ;-p)
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2005-08-07 18:00|| http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com]  2005-08-07 18:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Cow Se Tung!
Posted by Shipman 2005-08-07 18:02||   2005-08-07 18:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Back home we started using 3 wheelers to round up the cattle. Horses were okay but as a teenager the 3 wheelers were alot more fun. Riding over the big dirt clogs proved very interesting and we just had alot of fun at it. Hmmm, crazy times, poor cows. Me thinks they won't have any rodeo or a Cheyenne Frontier Days, too bad.
Posted by Jan 2005-08-07 18:05||   2005-08-07 18:05|| Front Page Top

#10 My horse , Apache, is great with cattle. He is 16.2 hands tall, weighs 1380 pounds, beat the Virginia speed racing champion in 3 straight 1/4 mile races and Shipman says he is going to steal him. It wouldn't be too hard, he will go off with anyone.
Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2005-08-07 20:30||   2005-08-07 20:30|| Front Page Top

#11 

Unfortunately, all our experienced people are too old or deceased...
Posted by BigEd 2005-08-07 20:37||   2005-08-07 20:37|| Front Page Top

#12 PS. a picture of Apache.
apache1
Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2005-08-07 20:41||   2005-08-07 20:41|| Front Page Top

#13 He is gorgeous, Deacon Blues! I won't show the trailing daughters -- they got back yesterday from a week at the YMCA riding camp, just bubbling over from the experience of learning to trot (and muck out the stalls).
Posted by trailing wife 2005-08-07 21:56||   2005-08-07 21:56|| Front Page Top

#14 Deacon Blues, yes what a beautiful animal. I miss being around a real working ranch, we don't have enough acreage for it where I am now.
Posted by Jan 2005-08-07 22:44||   2005-08-07 22:44|| Front Page Top

#15 Big Ed, I know being old beats the alternative, but who's too old? lol
Posted by Jan 2005-08-07 22:50||   2005-08-07 22:50|| Front Page Top

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