The Gau Gyan Foundation today said that three FIRs had been registered and over 2,500 cattle rescued from smuggling and illegal slaughter in just three months in Telangana.
In a release, the Foundation said that on June 6, 2024, pregnant cows and calves as young as 1-2 months had been mercilessly stuffed into a small vehicle, and a calf had suffocated to death inside it.
"There needs to be strict vigilance and enforcement of the law with these mafia elements to put an end to the trafficking," said Harish, a volunteer with Gau Gyan Foundation.
He said that modern Hyderabad was full of painful sights of mute animals stuffed like potato sacks into trucks, and hundreds of eyes staring out of these trucks when they were seized by police officers who acted either of their own accord or on information by vigilant animal welfare volunteers.
"Every year lakhs of cattle are brought into the Telangana, and into its capital city Hyderabad - and most are slaughtered openly on roads mercilessly, but more importantly, illegally, in the name of festivals," Harish alleged.
The Gau Gyan Foundation demanded that the police enhance vigilance against illegal transportation of cattle in the State.