The Animal Welfare Board conjures up a brand new twist to the tail of Valentine’s Day

Although the Animal Welfare Board of India withdrew its earlier attraction to rejoice Valentine’s Day as Cow Hug Day, impressed by the initiative, many throughout the nation enthusiastically embraced the concept.

The idea of giving japphis to cows on February 14 was mooted by the AWBI as a approach of preserving Vedic traditions towards the inroads of western tradition, and as a way of accomplishing “emotional richness” and rising “particular person and collective happiness”.

A bitter be aware was struck by the Dairy Farmers Federation of India, a spokesperson of which mentioned that hundreds of cows had died due to lumpy pores and skin illness. “The place was the AWBI when our cows died not too long ago. Now we have not bought any compensation … The love they present to cows is simply pretend,” the spokesperson added. Nonetheless, such digressions didn’t dampen the zeal of those that had been all hugger-mugger to stand up shut and private with their bovine Vital Udders.

Within the absence of clearly spelt out particulars relating to the phrases of endearment, there was a scarcity of readability relating to some factors of protocol. For instance, whereas it’s customary on Valentine’s Day to bestow presents of comestibles, reminiscent of sweets, on one’s Valentine, what needs to be the suitable equal for Cow Hug Day?

After some trial-and-error makes an attempt, involving profferings of freshly mown grass, succulent tubers, and different herbivore-suited ingestibles, had been summarily declined, it was found that the dietary desire of our gau matas, by way of the method of Darwinian adaptation over generations, had change into single-use plastic baggage, of which copious portions had been collected, and duly consumed with gusto by the recipients.

In the meantime, an equal-opportunity activist affiliation which known as itself Brotherhood Solidarity, or BS for brief, raised the query as to why, within the title of gender fairness, Cow Hug Day shouldn’t embody the male counterparts of the animals as properly.

“This can be a clear case of sexism and feminist discrimination and a violation of the elemental rights of maleness,” mentioned the founder member of BS.

After a lot debate, a few of it heated, it was determined that within the case of shut encounters of the second kine, the mantra was the moo the merrier, though such inclusion ran the chance of being seen as a load of bull.

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