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A VETERINARY SURGEON IN THE KUTCH DISTRICT OF WESTERN INDIA RECENTLY REMOVED 100 POUNDS OF PLASTIC BAGS FROM THE STOMACH OF A SICK COW, REPORTS THE WEEK, A MAGAZINE OF KERALA, INDIA. BESIDES THE BAGS, HE ALSO FOUND CLOTH, COCONUT HUSKS, A COIL OF WIRE, AND A SCREW. STRAY COWS IN INDIA SUBSIST MAINLY ON GARBAGE, AND DISCARDED PLASTIC BAGS ARE DANGEROUS FOR THEM. EVEN PRIVATELY OWNED MILK COWS OFTEN EAT ROADSIDE GARBAGE WHEN MOVING TO THEIR GRAZING AREAS. THE VETERINARIAN, DR. JADEJA, SAYS THAT CONSUMPTION OF PLASTIC IS SECOND ONLY TO FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AS A PROBLEM FOR THE COWS. THE INDIGESTIBLE MATERIAL BLOCKS THE ABDOMEN, SO THAT THE COW CANNOT CHEW THE CUD . SUCH COWS ARE OFTEN LEFT TO DIE. DR. JADEJA WAS ALERTED TO THE SITUATION BY COBBLERS WHO FOUND MASSES OF PLASTIC IN THE STOMACHS OF DEAD COWS WHEN REMOVING THEIR HIDES.

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