Yogesh K Porwar & Siddarath Sethia
Volunteers and Bajrangdal activists rescued 110 cattle which are being transported in 11 trucks illegally to a slaughter houses in the outskirts of the city on Monday .
Based on a tip off,a team of volunteers led by Krishnamurthy,intercepted the trucks at Kyatasandra gate on Tumakuru road and rescued the cattle.
The trucks were heading from Bengaluru towards Tumakuru and transporting the cattle in inhuman way. One of the cow in the process died while the other cattle at the time of rescue are exhausted,a volunteer, said.
This is one of the biggest rescue operations carried out in the recent past.The police are now trying to probe about the illegal slaughter houses which are operational in and around and their network .
The trucks and the drivers were handed over to the Tumakuru town police while the cattle were shifted to district cow shelter .
The rescue of the cattle turned to be a boon for the 30 male calves which are housed at Nelamangala goshala.
There was an acute shortage of milk for the calves and the volunteers and caretakers were struggling to arrange the milk everyday.
However soon after the rescue the volunteers milked the cow and provided it to the calves.This is going to be long term solutions for the calves at Nelamangala shelter, a volunteer, said .
