VASCO
In a shocking incident, 18 cows and a buffalo have reportedly died in separate places in Chicolna-Bogmalo in the last four days.
The panchayat has suspected foul play and have reported the matter to the Vasco police.
Speaking to reporters, Bogmalo Sarpanch Sankalp Mahale said the panchayat besides setting up an investigation will also try and have a Gowshala to take care of stray cattle in the area.
"The first case of a cow death was reported three days ago and we found it normal because there is a large number of stray cattle here due to the grazing land. We did not pay heed but then we started finding more dead cows which was strange and we began getting many more photos of dead cows on WhatsApp as well.”
“We did not realise what was happening and we assumed that the cows may have died due to old age as the dead cows looked old and since there was a foul stench, we disposed the dead cows at our level.”
“However, we found a young cow in the area today and we found something fishy because the number of dead cows has been increasing every passing day with the number of total dead cows to 18 and one buffalo as well. We decided to call a veterinarian and they asked us to write to Vasco police and we have done. The doctors have taken samples and primary investigation suggests that it is a shock death and we will get more details after the post mortem," said Mahale.
“We have now decided to protect stray cattle which come here for the grazing and we along with the PFA in coordination with the Dhyaan Foundation have written to the Chicolna comunidade asking for some land to set up a Gowshala to protect the stray cattle from Bogmalo and surrounding areas," said Mahale.
