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Jallikattu helps native breeds thrive, say breeders
Posted on: 10/Jan/2016 11:45:28 AM
Breeders and sports enthusiasts have said that several breeds of bulls were heading to slaughterhouses before the life of the ban on jallikattu. They say that lesser known breeds like Bargur, Semmarai, Palamalai and Umbalachery will thrive.
An official of the Kangeyam Cattle Research Foundation said, One of the most beautiful species, the Alambadi, is now officially extinct. We had as many as 11.74 lakh Kangeyam bulls in 1990. The population has fallen to 15,000. The drastic fall in native cattle breed population can be directly attributed to the 1998 entry of PETA in India, he says. The activism against the sport over the next decade nearly depleted native cattle stock... We used to have a healthy 4:1 cow to bull ratio in Tamil Nadu. Now, thanks to PETA and AWBI, we have seen it dip to 8:1... One needs to see them in action to realise the beauty of these breeds and we need to preserve them. Only in Tamil Nadu, be cause of Jallikattu and rekha a races, there is a healthy male to female ratio.
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