Gandhidham (Kutch, Gujarat): A stray dog is pulling the carcass of a cow lying half a ditch on a plot of land.
The local administration had dumped the body here. The cow, like many others here, died of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) on the streets here.
Caused by caprypox virus, LSD is a viral disease Which affects both cow and buffalo. This According to official reports, Claimed More than 3,000 cattle in nine districts of Rajasthan and at least 14 districts of Gujarat.
but local people Those working to treat the animals suggest the number could be much higher.
ThePrint saw 18 deaths at a camp in Gandhidham in just one evening.
The roads here are also clogged with infected and untreated cattle, increasing the risk of spreading.
Unable to deal with death toll, local cow protectors (or cow ‘protectors’) have dug mass graves where cattle that died of disease are dumped day after day.
Supported by NGOs, gau rakshaks, religious organizations and leaders of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s seva sadhana, volunteers of the community have come forward to collect medicines and food for the cattle.
But local sources allege that most of the spread has taken place in stray cattle, which have been left on the streets after they stopped giving milk.
The number of such stray animals has increased due to the ban on cow slaughter in the state. Risen in the state in the last few years.
Local volunteers drink salt water to an infected cow at Gandhidham in Kutch, Gujarat. Praveen Jain | impression
An infected calf at Gandhidham Cattle Camp. Praveen Jain | impression‘Gau Rakshaks’ drying a dying cow at Gandhidham Animal Camp. Praveen Jain | impressionA cow that succumbs to the lumpy cow disease is taken for burial as its infected companion sees Gandhidham. Praveen Jain | impressionCattle killed by lumpy skin disease are being loaded onto tractors for mass burial at Gandhidham. Praveen Jain | impressionA picture of hope Praveen Jain | impressionSick cattle in Gandhidham’s cattle camp are waiting for treatment, or death by drops of salt water. Praveen Jain | impressionA dog eating a dead cow thrown by the local administration in Kandla Gandhidham, Kutch. Praveen Jain | impressionCarcasses of cows being dumped in mass grave near Gandhidham. Praveen Jain | impressionA salt-covered mass grave near Gandhidham. Praveen Jain | impressionMen by cow carcasses thrown on a plot of land in Kandla Gandhidham | Praveen Jain | impressionA little boy drives away flies and mosquitoes at a cattle camp. Praveen Jain | impressionAn infected cow and calf feed on a mixture of jowar and jaggery. Praveen Jain | impressionGau Rakshaks take the sick cow to a more comfortable place in Gandhidham. Praveen Jain | impressionVeterinarian taking care of dehydrated and infected cow in Gandhidham. Praveen Jain | impression
