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"Shambo" (c.2001 – 26 July 2007) was a black Friesian bull living in the Hindu Skanda Vale Temple near Llanpumsaint in Wales, who had been adopted by the local Hindu community as a sacred animal. He came to public attention in April 2007, when a routine skin test for bovine tuberculosis (''Mycobacterium bovis'') tested positive, indicating he may have been in contact with the bacterium that causes the disease. As a result, the Welsh Government required that the bull be slaughtered. Skanda Vale disputed this and campaigned for a reprieve, expressing their belief that the sanctity of all life is the cornerstone of Hinduism. They were backed in this stance by the Hindu religious community at large. Farmers supported the Welsh Government's policy that cattle which tested positive to the skin test be destroyed in the interests of other local cattle. The decisions to issue a slaughter notice and to proceed with the slaughter were challenged on judicial review before the Administrative Court of the High Court, which quashed both decisions. The judge, Gary Hickinbottom, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, ruled that the government had failed to carry out the balancing exercise required by Article 9 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (freedom of religion). Skanda Vale was notified that Shambo would be taken away for slaughter on 26 July 2007 at 8 am.〔 Veterinarians arrived at the temple at 08:50 on 26 July accompanied by police and other officials, but without a cattle truck to remove Shambo. They were refused entry by the monks because they had no warrant, and left to obtain one from a local magistrate. A warrant could not be issued until they had been refused entry, according to ''The Guardian''.〔Weaver, Matthew. ("Shambo to the slaughter" ), ''The Guardian'', 26 July 2007.〕 One of the monks said "They will have to physically desecrate a temple to get him ... we will be having an act of worship in front of where he is. If the Welsh Assembly Government want to take him out of there, they will have to interrupt an act of worship."〔("Shambo slaughter vets turned away" ), BBC News, 26 July 2007.〕 "Our religious laws prevent us from assisting in the killing of any life and so we will not help the inspectors remove Shambo." 〔(Shambo to be killed tomorrow - Hindu Forum of UK media release )〕 At 2:00 pm the officials returned with two warrants which gave them permission to enter within one calendar month, but failed to gain access to the bull. At about 4:00 pm, police used bolt cutters to get through the gate and move their vehicles - including an animal trailer and four riot vans. The bull was removed from the site at around 7:25 pm, after protesters had been removed, who had come from as far away as New Zealand and Switzerland.〔(BBC News update )〕 The animal was taken to a local abattoir for slaughter. Officials confirmed on 27 July that Shambo had been slaughtered.〔("Officials confirm death of Shambo" ), BBC News, 27 July 2007〕 ==Campaign to save Shambo== The Hindu community launched an international campaign to save him, arguing that to kill Shambo would be equivalent to taking a human life. Temple monks said they would form a human chain to save him, asking on their website: "If a member of your family is suspected of getting TB, does the government kill them, just in case?"〔(Shambo FAQs by Skanda Vale )〕 They collected over 24,000 names on a petition asking the government to issue a reprieve.〔("Shambo" ), Skanda Vale website.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shambo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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