Stray cattle with reflector belts

Several animal lovers from various parts of Mormugao Taluka have joined hands to form a group with a special mission to prevent road accidents and protect stray animals in the bargain. 

The group which comprises of social workers and even Municipal Councillor Prajay Mayekar has now embarked on the unique mission of tying reflector belts on the necks of stray cattle that are usually found on the roads at night.

The group on Saturday late night joined hands to  put reflector belts on the necks of the cattle in Vasco city and will replicate the action in the suburbs like Baina, Mangor, New Vaddem, Sada and also in other parts of the taluka .

The group arranged for huge quantity of leafy vegetables and gathered the cattle at one point before carefully putting up the reflectors around their necks.

Speaking to media , social worker Kiran Naik said that reflectors on cattle would prevent accidents at night.

"We have seen that many heavy vehicles move along the city route at night at high speeds and we have also seen how cattles have been injured due to accidents and we decided to have reflectors on the neck of these animals. This will increase the visibility and these cattle can be detected even if there is no street light along the road. This will help save lives of animals and humans. We animal lovers have united to form a group and have taken several injured cattle to Dhyan Foundation on many occasions," said Naik. 

Naik urged people to stop causing cruelty to animals after reports suggested that some people had poured boiling waters on stray cattle. 

" We have seen how many cows have been found injured and suffering with excruciating pain due to people sometimes pouring boiling water or hitting them with pointed and sharp items to drive them away . We also request people to apply turmeric on wounds of injured cows, " said Naik. 

Naik also requested the comunidade bodies in Mormugao Taluka to come forward and support their Initiative.

" There are0 huge tracts of land available with various communidade bodies and we would request them to allow  grazing of the stray cattle on the land and if possible also make land available for setting up of a cattle pound or a "Goushala", said Naik.

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