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300+ Gir desi cows at AOL's Goshala

I spent some time playing with the cows at Ashram’s GoShala. Over 300 desi cows are taken care of here.

Cows are separated in different sheds, based on their state of life- Normal cows are sheltered in one roof, cows in advance stages of pregnancy are kept in one shed, cows with small babies are sheltered in a different shed where calves  have enough room to play, cows in breeding period are taken care separately.

Most of the cows are Gir breed from Gujarath. They love being petted and scrubbed. Lovingly lick you and chew you if you go closer. I went inside the den and none of them got upset by my intrusion.
A white horse, named Raja is also part of the Goshala, but he seems very restless all the time, probably due to lack of female companion. He would try to bite and chew our hands most of the time when we try to pet him.

Goshala’s care taker, Mr Naveen told us the importance of desi cows. Below are some points, as stated by him.
-          No of cows has a direct relationship with ground water level.
-          Indian Desi cows are being slaughtered for their leather. Hyderabad has India's biggest slaugther house. You may be vegetarian or not eating beef. But as long as you fancy buying leather products, cows will continue to get killed. Stop buying leather shoes, bags etc.
-          Hybrid or Jersi cows are not good. Their milk is also not good
-          Countries like Brazil and Argentina are realizing importance of Indian breed of cows. Soon our desi cows will reach extinction and we might have to import from them.
-          Today’s children do not know cows give milk. Some of them believe cows give milk packets.
-          Even parents and villagers fail to distinguish between a Gir cow and bull

He said that GoShala is severely short of support staff- several years ago they began with 30 cows and 7 staff, even today there’re only 7 staff even though count has gone up to 300 cows. Names of each cow is pinned to its ear- you can read that and call it by its name.

About 90 litres of milk is extracted from these cows each time (they are milked twice- morning and evening). Be informed that most of the Gir cows won’t give milk unless they get comfortable with their care taker.
Those who visit GoShala can pet the cows, drink natural buttermilk (subject to availability) and spend some quality time with the friendly animals. I visited GoShala twice during my 2 day stay- it was a nice experience spending some time in the company of these cows.

AOL has two Goshalas at present- in Karnataka and Gujarath.Below is a short video I made
Similar: AWPT Pet care centre * Animal Rescue Centre, Saligrama * Kambala- the buffalo race * Accommodation options at AOL Bengaluru campus 

20 comments:

  1. That "white horse" looks like one that has been shaved and bleached

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  2. Nice Details...Thank you...

    After seeing your first post on AOL, i visited AOL with friends. Had a nice time there.. Thank you..

    Three was a free bus service at AOL which took us at all the places of AOL Campus.

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  3. Anon: :)

    Shivaprakash:
    Good to know you visited. Yes, they have a guided tour.

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  4. Please let me know if I can adopt a desi cow as I can accommodate n care for a few cattles at my farm in Ramanagar mysore road
    My id jayanthi.db@gmail.com please reply if I can adopt with the procedure
    Thanks n Regards
    Jayanthi

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  5. @Jayanthi- you should probably visit AOL Campus in person and speak to them to find out if there is a way.

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  6. Appreciate your interest and best wishes

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  7. I would like to join hands and take few cattle to my farm in kushalnagar. But not sure how lucky I am to get this. Please share the contact detaiks. Regards Sadanand 9880700889

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  8. You can do a day visit to the AOL campus- there will be a campus tour which includes a visit to goshala

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  9. I need gir calves whether it is male r female no problem I want to take care them in my farm.

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  10. Hmm, check with AOL folks if they can help

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  11. Hi - can I adopt a cow with calf. I have land to grow fodder and I can take care of them well.

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  12. Not sure AOL will give out their cows for adoption by taking them out- they might only accept donation. However do pay them a visit and check out

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  13. Sir u must encourage people who love desi cow and u must give cow to other s make desi cow population 9845701608

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  14. Sir u must encourage people who love desi cow and u must give cow to other s make desi cow population 9845701608

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  15. i am on a war against allopathy- n modern corrupt medicinal system - researching on ayurveda n more for 8+ years - urgently need pure desi cow ghee - milk-heat-turns reddish-cool-add curd-whole milk changes to curd-hand or machine at v low rpm churn - separate cream/butter-heat cream-v have vedic ghee-pls advise if i can buy fro you-educating all to go one movie less but buy only vedic ghee-9871823473-manoj-www.stayhealthytill70.com

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    1. I guess you meant from Goshala... I don't think so but not sure. Pls check with them directly

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  17. Please let me know if I can adopt a desi cow as I can accommodate n care for a few cattles at my farm in suryapet

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  18. Hi sir,

    We have land near kabbini. Iam interested in diary farming..
    If aol can give cow it will be helpful. We are financial not strong. They can go by legally.
    If any interestested can join me.
    My contact-8970572400.

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