Dairy gangs
New Delhi has a big problem with roaming cows. Why? Because cows are sacred to the Hindus, right? Well… not quite:
The problem of New Delhi’s rampaging cow population has become so severe that the High Court has issued city authorities with a one-week ultimatum to clear the streets of illegally roaming animals.
The crackdown is likely to end in violence as the owners of the city’s 3,500 illegal street dairies fiercely resist all attempts to round up the beasts.
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At the heart of the problem are the city’s illegal dairies whose owners allow the cattle to graze untended during the day before rounding them up for milking in the evenings. These small businesses are often protected by powerful local interests, and have responded with gang violence to attempts to confiscate their animals.