{"id":57,"date":"2007-07-23T14:42:24","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T14:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2007\/07\/uk-court-sacred-bull-should-be.php"},"modified":"2007-07-23T14:42:24","modified_gmt":"2007-07-23T14:42:24","slug":"uk-court-sacred-bull-should-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2007\/07\/uk-court-sacred-bull-should-be","title":{"rendered":"UK Court: Sacred Bull Should Be Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press<br \/>\nLondon &#8211; July 23, 2007 &#8211; The decision to slaughter a bull revered as sacred by his Hindu caretakers is justified, a British court ruled Monday, overturning a decision by a lower court last week.<br \/>\nThe ruling could spell the end for Shambo, a 6-year-old Friesian bull, whose life has been in jeopardy since he tested positive for bovine tuberculosis in April.<br \/>\nLocal regulations stipulate that cattle suspected of carrying the disease be slaughtered, but Shambo&#8217;s caretakers at the Skanda Vale monastery in southwestern Wales have mounted a campaign to save the beast. Hindus consider cattle sacred, and lawyers for the monastery argued that slaughtering the bull would interfere with their religious rights.<br \/>\nThe monastery also took its case to the public, creating an Internet petition, a blog containing Shambo&#8217;s &#8220;daily thoughts,&#8221; and even a Webcast called &#8220;Moo Tube&#8221; that tracks the bull&#8217;s movements around its hay-filled shrine.<br \/>\nLast week, a judge in Wales ordered local authorities to reconsider their decision to slaughter the bull. But on Monday, the Court of Appeal in London reversed the decision, ruling that Shambo&#8217;s slaughter was justified considering the risk posed by bovine tuberculosis.<br \/>\nThe disease can spread to other cattle and deer, and in rare cases to other animals and to humans, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.<br \/>\nThe monastery said it was devastated by the news.<br \/>\n&#8220;This decision seriously disregards the principal tenets of Hindu Dharma (divine law),&#8221; Skanda Vale said in a statement, adding that Shambo should receive medical attention rather than be executed. &#8220;We don&#8217;t cull infected humans, we treat them,&#8221; the temple said.<br \/>\nIt added that the temple&#8217;s monks should not be expected to participate in any move to have Shambo killed. Sanjay Mistry, a spokesman for the temple, said it was likely the bull could be killed within the next few weeks.<br \/>\nMistry said the monastery was still trying to determine whether or not it could appeal the decision.<br \/>\nShambo is one of a herd of cattle kept on the monastery&#8217;s 115-acre spread.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nCopyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press London &#8211; July 23, 2007 &#8211; The decision to slaughter a bull revered as sacred by his Hindu caretakers is justified, a British court ruled Monday, overturning a decision by a lower court last week. 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