Our New Furry Friends…….
February 12, 2009
When we first learned we were moving to India, people kept saying “don’t cows roam the streets there?” It sounded interesting. So, I would say, “we’ll see.”
Well, the answer is a big fat yes. Cows and goats and pigs and dogs. You name it.
Here our some of our new furry friends.
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A Reason To Write 
*municipality…sorry for the typo
@lola – well, we have this thingy called a minicipality “jamadar” (sweeper), who picks up, and cleans all the poo if and when he can find it. But more often some careless soul steps on it, spreads it all around, then it dries, turns into a fine powder and is blown away. Poo is bio-degradebale, and is also very good for plants!
As for bird droppings bringing good luck, never heard of that one, honest. But if this was South America, you could make a fortune collecting that stuff. (ref:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano)
Deep – we mostly see dogs here too – cows don’t roam where we live – but they are all over the heart of the city – monkeys were mostly in Agra
Rhonda – the cows and monkeys are revered here – people like the dogs to stay around for security – the animals pulling carts, well, they are working their b-u-t-t-s off. 😎 We keep our cats safely inside
Badass & Lola – clean up the poo – surely you jest – a bird pooped on my purse yesterday and the Indian lady I was with told me it was a sign of good luck.
Murray – we are hoping to go on a safari for a real “African” feeling adventure
Anita – we have not seen as many water buffalo – but the few we have seen are BIG
Does anyone pick up the poo?
I do see you have buffalo in your pics, sorry I missed that!!
Your furry friends just reminded me of a very funny incident. We were in South India when Anjali (My 10year old was 2). She pointed across the street, very excited and said “Mommy, a rhino, a rhino!” I look across, and it is, grey, 2 horns (indian rhinos have only one)… one on each SIDE! It was a water buffalo!!!! Watch out for them, there are plenty in and around Delhi!!
I am thinking “out of Africa” wish i had a plane!
So, I imagine there is a distinct zoo-poo-like odor?
It’s very cool…but then on the other hand, I feel kind of sad for the animals. Some look homeless, and other’s probably wish instead of having their faces painted and carrying people around, they could be out in the wild, running free!
I dunno why, but these lines seemed relevant…
You’ve got me captured
I’m under your spell
I guess I’ll never learn
I have your picture
Yes I know it well
Another page is turned
Are you for real?
It’s so hard to tell
From just a magazine
Yeah, you just smile and the picture sells
Look what that does to me
I’ll wait
‘Til your love comes down
I’m coming straight for your heart
No way
You can stop me now
As fine as you are
Van Halen – I’ll Wait
I don’t know about Delhi, but I can tell you about Calcutta, where I live. Cows have been banned by the government within city limits. But yes, we do have a very large number of dogs, rather to my discomfort. There are a lot of NGOs that go around sterilising them, but somehow they’re always there. A colleague of mine, who has to come to office at 6am has to carry a pocketful of stones to throw at street dogs, who take a bite at him every chance they get. Monkeys are very rare and camels are just too exotic for our part of the country.
Tottsmom – I have heard there is a zoo too and we hope to get there soon
Who needs a zoo. Although I hear Delhi has one.