{"id":3507,"date":"2008-12-13T15:58:59","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T15:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2008\/12\/13\/rspca-apologies-over-killing-of-sacred-cow\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T11:23:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T11:23:30","slug":"rspca-apologies-over-killing-of-sacred-cow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2008\/12\/13\/rspca-apologies-over-killing-of-sacred-cow\/","title":{"rendered":"RSPCA apologies over killing of sacred cow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Animal charity mends ties with Temple<\/h3>\n
\"\"THE RSPCA has apologised to the Hindu community over the killing of a sacred cow at a Watford temple a year ago.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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The animal welfare charity apologised for the \u201churt and offence\u201d it caused when 13-year-old Belgian Blue-Jersey cross, Gangotri, was put down last December.<\/div>\n

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The killing of Gangotri sparked criticism after worshippers at the Bhaktivedanta Manor Hindu Temple claimed the RSPCA slaughtered the sacred cow while they were at prayer. <\/div>\n

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The temple had claimed the Belgian blue-jersey cross was ill but was not suffering from any disease. <\/div>\n

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The RSPCA, in a statement released at the time, said they had to put the animal\u2019s welfare first and had informed temple staff of their decision to put the animal down. <\/div>\n

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But after a year in which British Hindu\u2019s continued with their protests at the way the situation was handled, the RSPCA finally moved to offer an apology and donate a cow to the temple. <\/div>\n

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A statement released by the charity said: \u201cThe RSPCA as a charity will, by all lawful means, prevent cruelty, promote kindness to and alleviate suffering of animals.<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe share the above objective with the Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities and realise that these communities through their faith strive to live in harmony with all creatures.

\n\u201cThe Society, recognising the hurt caused to the sentiments of these communities, and wishing to build a progressive relationship, apologises unreservedly for causing hurt and offence.<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe RSPCA is based on a profound respect for animals, something we share with the Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities and we look forward to working together to promote respect and caring, and to cherish all life.\u201d<\/div>\n

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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs also published a protocol today which will in future govern animal welfare issues.<\/div>\n

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Kapil Dudakia, chair of the Gangotri Task Force welcomed the apology.<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe Hindu community was shocked at the events leading to the killing of Gangotri, however, over the past year we have worked steadfastly with DEFRA and also the RSPCA to seek a solution that would address the issues of concern to the Hindu community and also ensure that animal welfare remains a priority for all of us.\u00a0We look forward to working with both the RSPCA and DEFRA so that such incidents can be avoided in the future.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Animal charity mends ties with Temple THE RSPCA has apologised to the Hindu community over the killing of a sacred cow at a Watford temple a year ago. The animal welfare charity apologised for the \u201churt and offence\u201d it caused when 13-year-old Belgian Blue-Jersey cross, Gangotri, was put down last December. The killing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}