The Earth Needs the Bull and Cow International Society for Cow Protection ISCOWP ISCOWP.ORG News / Volume Volume 24 Issue 24 Issue 2/ 2014 2/ 2014 1 Amrita is the princess of the ISCOWP herd. 2 2014/ Volume 24 Issue 2/ ISCOWP News ISCOWP Profile Contents . The International Society for Cow Protection, 4 Inc. (ISCOWP) was incorporated in the USA, Letter from Editor March 1990, as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, tax- exempt organization. William and Irene Dove 4 Credits (Balabhadra das and Chayadevi dasi) are its managing directors. They are disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Be a Vegetarian /Krishna- Prabhupada, the Founder Acharya of the dairian & Stop World Hunger International Society for Krishna Con- sciousness (ISKCON). Through their spiritual 5 Part 1: Cow Protection and master's teachings, they have imbibed the Vegetarianism practices and benefits, both spiritual and The negative effects of supporting the material, of lifetime cow protection. Cow protection means enabling cows to live out meat industry. their natural lives with love and affection. The tenets of cow protection are universal and 9 Part 2: Diet Change nonsectarian, available to all regardless of Can Save the World race, creed, or nationality. How becoming a Krsna-dairian/Vegetarian can prevent cow slaughter. Mailing Address ISCOWP 885 Oxen Drive Our Father the Bull Moundsville, WV, USA, 26041 12 Part 1: How Green is Your Tractor? Phone Ox power vs. machine power. 1.304.843.1658 15 Part 2: Oxen Can Save the Planet Donations and Financial Reports The benefits of working with Oxen. USA tax deductible number: 23-2604082. A copy of each year’s ISCOWP IRS Form 990- EZ is available at www.guidestar.org How the Cow and Bull To donate online: www.iscowp.org/donations.html Benefit Our Society To donate by mail: Make out check to ISCOWP and send to IS- 18 Part 1: Cow Dung and Urine, COWP mailing address a Bio Resource The mystical potency of cow waste. E-newsletter Monthly Send us an email with subscribe in the subject. 21 Part 2: Cow Manure is an Environmental Hazard, Or is It? Cow Products The industry vs. the cow, who is at fault? www.iscowp.org/cowproducts.html Adopt A Cow Violence To the Cow and Bull www.iscowp.org/adopt-a-cow.html Creates Violence to Humankind Internet [email protected] 25 Part 1: Why September 11? Animal www.iscowp.org Slaughter = War www.youtube.com/user/ISCOWP108 A large range of quotes connecting animal www.facebook.com/ slaughter to human suffering. internationalsocietyforcowprotectioniscowp 29 Part 2: The Cause of Animal Slaughter © All Rights Reserved is a Godless Society The secret behind the violence. ISCOWP News / Volume 24 Issue 2/ 2014 3 Dear. Friends Credits Hare Krishna! What is a Krishna-dairian? This newsletter contains a collection of articles Priyavrata das (Paul Rodney Turner), concerning ecology, cow protection and director of Global Food for Life, has coined spirituality and examines the connection the name Krishna-dairian for one who between these topics. takes milk from only lifetime protected cows and not from the commercial dairy As members of the International Society for industry. Lord Krishna was a cowherd Cow Protection, we follow the ancient practice and taught cow protection. Hence his of Bhakti Yoga and the instructions of the Lord followers protect cows and by not Himself and His followers that can be found in supporting the dairy industry less cows the Vedic scriptures such as the Bhagavat Gita are bred and slaughtered. and the Srimad Bhagavatam. We are eternally thankful to our spiritual master A.C Articles Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada for his We thank the following persons for writing translations and commentaries of these books the articles in this booklet: Chand Prasad, by which we are able to gain access to and Sukhayanti devi dasi, Balabhadra das and quote this ancient spiritual wisdom. Chayadevi. Some of the articles appeared in previous ISCOWP News issues but have One of the main topics discussed by our never been gathered together in one spiritual master A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami publication on the topic of cow protection Srila Prabhupada and the Vedic literatures is and ecology. If excerpts are used please the importance of cow protection for success on give credit to ISCOWP and the authors. the path of self-realization and re-connecting with God. Photographs All photos are taken by the ISCOWP staff In the following articles, we will discuss the and property of ISCOWP unless otherwise various aspects of the importance of cow stated. Photographs on pages 11, 25, and 27 protection for a healthy environment, society have been contributed by Radhapriya and for self-realization. Even though we may McCabe. The front cover photo is of not stress in all of our articles the direct Krishna and Gourangi pasturing on top of connection between God realization and cow one of the hills at ISCOWP farm. Gracing protection, we would like to stress in this the back cover is the Brahman ox introduction that in fact they are inseparable. Priyavrata, the aspiring head of the herd, We urge our readers to read this newsletter to on an ISCOWP hilltop with his friends. its end in order to get a better understanding not only of how cow protection is good for the The name International Society for Cow environment and society but also how it is Protection (ISCOWP) and the Lotus/Cow crucial for success in our search for God. symbol are registered service marks of the International Society for Cow Protection, Inc. Your editor, Chayadevi located only in Moundsville, W.V. USA 4 2014/ Volume 24 Issue 2/ ISCOWP News Be a Krishna-dairian/Vegetarian and Stop World Hunger Part 1: Cow Protection and Vegetarianism Eight calves were rescued by ISCOWP from the auction barn. Abhay is lovingly greeted by Fil. hile disregarding the harm- pounds of grain are required to produce ful economic, environmental, one pound of beef. Moreover, the conse- and social impacts of indus- quences of the meat culture include dis- wtrialized agriculture, many individuals in eases such as bird flu and mad cow, which India are embracing the meat culture, even are costly to contain and may also pose a to the point of recommending cow threat to human life. slaughter. India can meet its growing demand for food through farming systems The solution to India's challenges lies not in which bovine animals are bred to obtain in the abandonment of compassion to- bulls that are used to provide draft power. wards the cow, but rather in a fundamen- Such bovine based agricultural models al- tal reordering of agricultural production low India to cope with rising energy prices systems as well as a correct understanding and effectively eliminate unwanted cow of cow protection. Specifically, the under- population by transforming them into an as- lying principle of cow protection is to en- set, rather than a liability. Simply sanction- gage and employ bulls to work the land, ing the slaughter of cows falls far short of a implying that cows are bred only to the holistic solution. Meat diets are irrational, in point where the bovine population meets that they are a wasteful use of the earth’s re- the demand for draft power, rather than sources. For example, approximately sixteen the demand for the by-products, e.g., milk. ISCOWP News / Volume 24 Issue 2/ 2014 5 In sharp contrast, raising cows for the pur- Tamil Nadu, Vazhviyal Multiversity, has pose of producing milk is an egregious er- produced an herbal pest repellent from ror—the cow will not produce milk unless knowledge derived from Vriksha it has calves, and since half will be male, Ayurveda. Ideally the repellent contains the result is an excess bovine population neem, tulsi, and datura, which are fer- that is costly to support. Farming practices mented in cow urine for 10 days. This so- that do not engage the bulls will essentially lution can be used as an herbal spray condemn them to the slaughterhouse, since before the insects appear [11]. they will have no economic value other than their meat. Industrial livestock farming systems are in fact incubation centers for disease out- After calibrating the growth of the bovine breaks. Seventy five percent of emerging herd to the demand for draft power, the by diseases in humans are of animal origin -products such as manure, urine, and milk [12], and humans are at risk of being can be put to good use. Cow dung, for in- killed in large numbers by cross-species stance, is widely burned as a cost-effective transmission of illnesses between, pigs, fuel in rural areas. India would be ill ad- humans, birds, and other animals. Over vised to replace manure with natural gas the past 25 years, 38 illnesses have or coal, and moreover, it is completely irra- jumped to humans, as disease-causing tional for India to intensify her dependence pathogens have mutated and moved up on these non-renewable energy sources the food chain [13]. Various countries are that are likely to continue experiencing attempting to develop a coordinated sharp price increases. Intensive "modern" response to these diseases, as they tend to agriculture is not a practical example or roadmap for India to follow, in part be- Industrial livestock farming cause it is a vast user of fossil fuel, mainly systems are in fact for the production of animal feed. Incubation centers for In the U.S., one ton of oil (2000 pounds or disease outbreaks. 6.75 barrels) is required to produce one steer weighing 1250 pounds [8].