British Bobbies Blast Blessed Bovine

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British Bobbies Blast Blessed Bovine

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3418611

 

Above is the news coverage on Shambo, the sacred bull.  I find the entire thing hilarious.  There is only one thing funnier than worshipping something in the sky and that is worshipping a cud-chewing quadraped.  Perhaps Shambo will be reincarnated into an MP.


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Sadly, I agree that the

Sadly, I agree that the bull had to be put down to prevent the spread of TB.

Another concern would be "how did he get it?"  Do the monks have more cattle there?

I'm pretty horrified that the monks wanted to send the bull back to India to save his life.  While it's nice that they wanted to save the bull (although not for the same reasons I save critters), sending him back to India would likely have spread TB. 

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