| (Indian communicator, 29th August 1994) | Vandana Shiva 1997 - (Challenges to animal protection, JIVA, 1998, Vol. 3(2). |
| The Vechur cattle are an almost extinct indigenous breed. This short and stumpy draught is the smallest cattle variety in the world. | The Vechur cattle, an almost extinct variety of Indian indigenous breed is the smallest cattle variety in the world |
| The Vechur cattle is also a highly endemic One in the moist landscape of Kerala and the only known Vechur cattle population in the world numbers a mere 87 which are being conserved in the Kerala Agricultural University Livestock farm in Mannuthy in an ICAR funded ex situ conservation programme | endemic to the moist landscape breed is the smallest cattle variety of Kerala.The uniqueness of this in the world rare variety is its high fat content in milk. At present its local population is not more than 100 despite the conservation efforts by the Kerala Agricultural University. |
| The Vechur cattle needs very little feed and upkeep and even people settled in cities can grow this cattle. Only one-kg cattle feed is enough for these short stumpy cattle per day | It needs very little feed and one kilogram of fodder for the day is enough for these short and stumpy draught cattle |
| Veterinary genetic engineers of UK are eagerly trying to get hold of the genes of the rare Vechur cows from the Kerala Agricultural University. | The Roslyn institute of Edinburgh University of UK, the creator of Dolly the sheep has Surreptitiously obtained the embryos of this rare Indian breed to facilitate their patentable trangenic research. |
| The patent right of the germplasm of Vechur cows is not registered till date at the national or international level. by the KAU which is the custodian of the Vechur cows now. Most important genetic quality of the Vechur breed is the high fat content in milk. The butterProduction capacity of milk is highly dependant on the fat content of milk The United kingdom can earn billions of dollars per year if they develop a new variety of cow through transferring Vechur genes | Now as reported, loaded with a patent on Vechur and with command over shifting gene technology called Biotechnology they can turn our little Vechur into walking Factories in their fields and earn billions of dollars through butter production by churning the high content of fat in its milk |