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A truck carrying camel carcasses was caught in the national capital on Tuesday, just as it was entering a cold storage in West Delhi. The truck was headed to Jagdish Cold Storage House located at Lawrence Road when it was seized by police over allegations by animal activists that it was loaded with both camel and cow meat. The truck was immediately brought to Keshav Puram Police Station by animal rights activists from People For Animals and Dhyan Foundation and susequently an FIR was registered. Here's all need to know: The seizure unearthed the secret workings of Jagdish Cold Storage which functioned as an illegal slaughter house for cattle and camels. India Today reporters entered the storage house to find carcasses -- allegedly of cows and cow-calves -- which had been freshly butchered, skinned and readied for packaging. "These are surely a cow-calves as you can see in the carcass, that the legs are white, the face is smaller and the skin which is still a...

The article was published in Times Of India.

Back in 1993, the spread of the mad cow disease took a toll of many across the globe. As a result, many stopped consuming beef products. However, not eating beef does not guarantee an escape from the disease and infection that comes with abusing the cow. Cattle by-products today find their way into almost everything around us. Gelatine  is made by treating the bones of a cow with acid and finds its way into gel capsules, food products such as jellybeans, marshmallows and instant gelatine; as a setting agent for ice-creams and cheesecakes; as a coat on tablets and even to bind photo film. Fat from the dead cow is used in making soap, toothpaste as well as automobile tyres and also in asphalt. Glycerin derived from cow fat is used in manufacturing cosmetics. In war time, it’s used in the explosive nitroglycerine. Its hooves and horns adorn our shirts as buttons and also make up the foam of fire extinguishers. Its blood goes into making plywood and fertilisers. Its hide becomes le...