Due to deforestation in the Vrindavan area cows can no longer subsist on natural foliage. Consequently they’ve become dependent on commercial production of grass and hay. Since many of the locals can’t afford commercial fodder for their non-productive cows, they sadly abandon them to wander in the streets foraging in the garbage heaps. 

In the streets, the cows consume a myriad of inedible and filthy things, primarily plastic bags, and gradually become malnourished and diseased. As they have no shelter, they rest in the street and are often injured by careless motorists. It is not uncommon that cows are hit or run over by cars and left in the street to die. 

Care for Cows in Vrindavan (India) maintains abandoned cows, bulls, retired oxen, and orphaned calves. We are international volunteers who offer our talents and resources to tend to the neglected cows living in Krishna’s holy land. We provide stray cows hay, flour, fresh grass, medical attention and a place where they can recuperate from injuries. At present we host a herd of two hundred fifty.

There are approximately three to four hundred abandoned cows in Vrindavan requiring accommodation. Unless they are protected they are destined to subsist on refuse and become plagued by various debilitating and often terminal diseases or suffer injury from careless motorists. However, the
most immediate danger is that they become abducted for slaughter by cattle rustlers who are active in the area.
 

Cow’s Home

Care for Cows has started a go sadan or cow’s home so that Vrindavan’s injured, abandoned and unwanted cows and calves have found a new life of care and affection. For the last five years we have attended to over one hundred abandoned cows in Raman Reti alone. Many were in such a deteriorated state that the only service we could offer was to console them until they died, and then bury them.

For the past 5 years, thanks to the sponsorship of Madan-mohan das from the UK, Vrindavan’s street cows are being fed fresh grass daily.

 
We have just acquired three acres of land for their protection and are in need of funds to build a proper facility. Take this opportunity to serve Sri Gopala’s cows.
 

For everything you need to know about participating in the Care for Cows project, click on the following link :  careforcows.org