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  192 Mother Cows killed on highways in three months in 2024. -A Times of India report In the crowded parts of India’s cities and the dusty paths of its towns, a heartbreaking crisis unfolds each day. The crisis is about our holy mothers: mother cows. Over 5 million abandoned cows roam the streets, living without proper shelter, often injured, hungry, and alone. Many are mothers, cows once cared for by farmers, now abandoned when they stop producing milk or become too expensive to maintain. A Silent Crisis These mother cows are also a growing public concern. Without proper homes or care, many of these indispensable parts of humanity, end up foraging through garbage dumps, eating plastic and toxic waste, getting sick, or causing traffic accidents in which some of them die. The problem is deeply human: between 2018 and 2022 in Haryana alone, road accidents involving abandoned cows led to about 1000 fatal accidents. Despite their sacred status, many mother cows are unwanted once they ...