GIVEN TO JOHNNY LEE BY DRUMILA.
SENT TO SLAUGHTER BY JOHNNY LEE.

Hamsi - cow, (Herford mix ?) 12 Yrs.old;
Hamsi's Bull calf. He was about 1wk. old when given away.

COWS + OXEN SENT TO SLAUGHTER BY DRUMILA :
They are:
1) Varuni - cow , (Black Angus mix) 4 Yrs. old (not Trained) sent for
breeding (now known to be slaughtered);
2) Indra - oxen , (Brown Swiss mix) 8 --10 Yrs. old (not Trained);
3) Cintamani - cow , (Jersey) 4 Yrs. old (Trained) sent for breeding (now
known to be slaughtered);
4) Indra - Bull, (Jersey) 4 Yrs. old (Trained) sent for breeding (now
known to be slaughtered);
5) Chota - oxen, (Jersey) 4 Yrs. old (Trained);
6) Maha - oxen, (Jersey) 4 Yrs. old (Trained);
7) Dharma - oxen, (Jersey) 4 Yrs. old (Trained);
8) Bhima - oxen, (Jersey) 4 Yrs. old (Trained);
9) Bala - oxen, (Jersey) 4 Yrs. old (Trained);
10) Prabhu - oxen, (Long Hair Jersey) 4 Yrs. old (Trained);
11) Bimba - oxen, (Red Angus+Brown Swiss) 6 Yrs. old (Trained);
12) Tala - oxen, (Black Angus+Brown Swiss) 6 Yrs. old (Trained);

DETAILS OF COW SLAUGHTER
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Dear Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We had promised to keep everyone updated as to the happenings at Murari Sevaka so that truth will prevail and not fiction. There was a meeting of the Murari governing board yesterday. The decision was made to keep the remaining cows. Prithu prabhu was voted in as the CO-GBC.

He has brought 6 men there to help take care of the cows. Investigation of legal repercussions towards Drumilla are continuing to be pursued. Within a week there will be a detailed report from the board. It was also concluded that 14 cows have been slaughtered. There are legal papers in hand of the actual sale.

We pray that this act will not be forgotten, that the perpetrator will not go unpunished, that the Executive committee take some action or make some statement, and in short that action which can set a precedent is taken so that it be clearly understood that victimization of Lord Krsna's most vulnerable citizens (and any citizens) is not according to our most beloved spiritual master's, Srila Prabhupada's, desire and vison for The International Society for Krsna Consciousness.

Your servant, Balabhadra das
ISKCON Minister for Cow Protection and Agriculture

GBC DOES NOT CARE ABOUT COWS?

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* On 17 Nov 1999, Hare Krsna dasi wrote: These cows were sold to slaughter back in June during the Panihatti Festival, and still we have heard no official comment from the GBC Executive Committee, five months later.

** So far there's been what appears to be a very thorough investigation which has reported evidence strongly suggesting willful misconduct by any and every standard of devotional practice. Drumila has apparently left the property and resigned from all positions of responsibility. As there are no laws against the slaughter of cows in the US, and legally speaking Drumila was acting as an ISKCON director, our legal opportunities are either limited or nil.

Basically, all the GBC can do now is 'comment' that Drumila's alleged actions are inexcusable. Beyond that, what can we expect? It is unfortunate that Drumila was ever given so much responsibility within a project -- obviously he didn't have a clue how to handle it in an auspicious manner. You know, we can blame the GBC, and often righfully so, but where are the qualified devotees willing to take responsibility for these various projects?

ys, Sthita

[PADA: Well Jeepers prabhu, your party banned, beat and shot us. And now you wonder, why is no one coming forward? for what? To be banned, beat and shot? Hello!]

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Sthita-dhi-muni (Dasa) SDG (Alachua FL - USA) wrote:

Still, no matter how he might explain his activities, you really can't explain them from a devotional perspective. Certainly, if our children became a burden, we wouldn't sell them, etc. At least I would hope not.

*** That's how many of the Mumbai sex workers got into their professions.
Their parents were poor and decided that, rather than having to provide dowry for a daughter who would then simply move into her in-laws house and take care of them in their old age, it would be better for them to sell their daughters into sex work. I'm not saying they're taking their decision lightly (maybe they are and maybe they're not, I haven't interviewed any such parents), but to them it appears to make financial sense - not unlike Drumilla's decision must have done to him.

I don't think it had anything to do with a devotional perspective in either case.
Ys, Madhusudani dasi

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