Some of you may have already come across the controversy surrounding a decision by the Welsh assembly government in UK to slaughter a “sacred bull” which has tested positive for tuberculosis. (read here and here).
The bull, Shambo, lives in a shrine that belongs to the Skanda Vale Temple in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire. The fight has been joined by the Hindu Forum of Great Britain as well.
Amitabh Soni recently wrote a very good article titled “Shambo : A symbol of Divinity and Development” on this issue from which I am reproducing some …