People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA) India has urged theKarnatakagovernment not to amend the Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle (Amendment) Bill, 2020, to allow cow slaughter, and instead tackle the problem of cow overpopulation in the state, by advocating a vegan lifestyle.
Ahuja noted that because cows and buffaloes must be pregnant or have recently given birth in order to produce milk, their bodies are repeatedly violated to be forcibly and crudely artificially inseminated. As male calves cannot produce milk, they are considered waste by the Industry and are typically abandoned, left to starve, or sent for slaughter. When the milk production of female cows and buffaloes wanes, they, too often end up abandoned on the roads or at the butcher, she said.