Declare cow national animal, says Rajasthan HC judge, among a few other things indianexpress.com

Justice Sharma also directed the govt to amend provisions of the Rajasthan Bovine Animal Act to increase punishment for cow slaughter.CITING THE Vedas as saying that those who kill cows “should be massacred”, a single-judge bench of the Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday recommended that the cow be declared India’s national animal and the sentence for cow slaughter be increased to life.