“All right, you want flesh?”

“No, I want flesh, but I want this big cow.”

Why not a less important animal? There are so many other animals. The goats are there, the lambs are there, the hogs are there. Take them. Why Krsna says go-raksya? It is a very important animal. It will give you brain substance, this rasagulla. Therefore Krsna says go-raksya. But this rascal has no knowledge. The cows gives us milk, very nutritious. “No, eat the whole cow. Then all nutrition will come.” This is their intelligence. Rubbish civilization.

Why has Krsna recommended go-raksya? He never said that other animal. If you are fond of eating flesh, you take other animals, not the cow. Give protection, take milk from it, and prepare nice preparation, that will be good for brain, for your mind. Apart from… There is no question of religious sentiment. From practical.

But they are so fools, rascals, they’ll not accept it. And they’ll give example, “Christ ate fish” somewhere. “Therefore we have to maintain the slaughterhouse.” Because Christ ate fish, therefore we have to maintain slaughterhouse. Give the dog a bad name and hang it. This is going on. So we have to make vigorous propaganda for all this foolishness.

(Srila Prabhupada — July 2, 1976, Washington, D.C.)