Cow protector from Germany urges Agra DM to provide land for burial of dead cows

AGRA: Padma Shri awardee and German national, Friederike Irina Bruning, who runs a cow shelter for sick and diseased cows in Mathura, has urged the DM to allocate some land for burial of dead cows as she doesn’t have a proper place for the same.
Bruning told TOI, that since most of the cows which are brought to her gaushala are sick, injured in accidents or abandoned by their owners, many of them die. She said that over 150 sick or injured cows are brought to her cowshed every month from various places in Mathura and adjoining districts.

She added that her gushala is already overcrowded with around 2,000 cows and calves presently living there and she has no place to bury the dead bovines. She has been taking care of animals for the past 25 years.
Bruning further added that SDM Govardhan had allocated a piece of land for the burial of the cows earlier but it is illegally occupied by some other gaushala. Also the land has lot of waterlogging during the rains making it unfit to bury cows during monsoons.
When contacted Mathura DM Sarvagya Ram Misra said that there is no provision to provide land to a person privately or any institution for this purpose but he has asked the SDM to check some common place for the same.