India is the most significant source of the cattle diversity in the world and India’s cattle breeds are being used in Australia, South Africa, Latin America and USA for developing major livestock economies. While India’s gift of its animal wealth to the world’s economy has not undermined our own sovereignty to this wealth, the emergence of the animal patenting and cattle biopiracy creates a major threat to the sovereignty of animal biodiversity.
The FAO had estimated 61 breeds of cattle in India but there are 26-30 well defined breeds according to Indian literature. These diverse and rich breeds are being used world wide to enhance the genetic wealth of cattle. However, in India our cattle biodiversity is under severe threats through cross breeding programme which are replacing our unique breeds with crossbred Jersey and Holstein cows. On the one hand, this is displacing our indigenous diversity; on the other hand, it is leading to the severe erosion of draught cattle and the replacement of renewable animal energy with imported fossil fuel......Read More

Source: Love4cow.com