On Saturday, April 22, our grandson Bhima saw Madhava the ox down while riding his bicycle. He immediately ran into the house to notify us all. We all left the house as quickly as possible and ran to Madhava. @ISCOWP108
He was bloated and trying to sit up. We immediately called the vet. Within the hour, a vet showed up with an assistant and put a tube down his throat with liquids to relieve him of the bloat. Then the plan was to turn him over, which is a huge feat as he is over a ton. So, we called our neighbor Scott and his son, and they came immediately. They efficiently rolled Madhava over, and he immediately threw up. Then he looked very happy and content.
Everyone was happy. The vet did hint she thought there was an underlying problem as he did not react as a bloated cow usually does. Since he looked so happy, we all decided to let him recuperate and watch him carefully for the next few days.
Early the next morning, we found him down again. He was not bloated. We called the vet, and she came. She pointed out the signs that there was a serious underlying problem and that he was weak.
So there was a choice to do a bunch of procedures with needles, tests, etc., to find out what may be the underlying problem with no guarantee any of the procedures would help him or that the underlying problem could be resolved. At this point, he was looking quite weak, making no effort to sit up. Due to the fact he was about 74 years old in human years; we felt we didn't want to put him through any unnecessary pain and discomfort. The decision was made not to do any procedures and to keep him as comfortable as possible.
We had been chanting to him throughout his ordeal, but now we placed an ongoing recording of Srila Prabhupada chanting next to him. We put a Nrsimgha Kavacha around his horns and water from the Saraswati river on his lips. Within the hour, he passed away.
We all had his association since he was a baby 15 1/2 years ago, and we will miss his association terribly. Like the vet said, "What a noble cow, what a noble life he has led."
We practice cow protection at the ISCOWP cow sanctuary, which means the cows under our care will never be slaughtered. We rescue cows and oxen from situations where they were destined for slaughter, like an ox from a dairy farm. We also propose a change in diet to veganism or vegetarianism, basically a plant-based diet. Becoming a vegan lessens the consumption of meat and commercial dairy products, lessening the suffering of these often cute animals. We believe in animal rights because animals have souls and emotions as we do. The videos we vlog are to bring people closer to these rescued animals and get a look into their lives. Sometimes they act like funny animals, sometimes like cute animals, and sometimes they show their noble personalities and appear as the holy cow.
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