Panaji, Sept. 11 -- There are laws governing the slaughter of cows, but there is no law that explicitly bans the consumption of beef. Admittedly, the statement on Karnataka has the right to decide on cow slaughter was qualified with the statement that a decision on this would be taken considering the 'people's emotions'. It was also said that a ban on cow slaughter in Karnataka would not affect Goa. Given that almost all the beef Goa consumes comes from Karnataka, this would have a major bearing on our State. But a ban on beef shouldn't, however, depend merely on emotions of the people.
These are two different issues here. There is a ban on the slaughter of cows in Goa since 1978 - there are no cows slaughtered in the State for the past fo...