Street cows

I took me a little while to make this observation, only because I had to go through town a few times and similarly go out into the Nepali countryside.

So about the street cows. If you go through town you will notice cows and water buffalo (but there are also goats and dogs as well) roaming about freely with no concern for the 2 1/2 trucks, cars, motor cycles, bicycles, rickshaws and pedestrians. They walk to and fro milling about eating trash or food if they can find it.

So here is the observation that I was able to make, in the countryside farmers or families actually own the livestock. While in the city the cows and other animals are urban and ownerless, just making a living day by day on the rough streets.

It was just last night that I saw a family of pigs by the side of the road and about five or six cows laying, and completely encircling a van on a side-street.

I think since this city is smaller than Kathmandu it is more possible for these homeless animals to exist. Kathmandu is much more congested with traffic for the free roaming animals. Although I did notice a cow in Kathmandu munching on a plastic garbage bag.

I'm sure that my dad, a former farmer himself would be interested in these urbanite
animals.