Not just India: the summer I spent in Central America, I found out cattle were so highly valued that if you were driving down a road and found the road ahead blocked by any cattle (a pretty common occurrence outside of the main cities), it was a high criminal offense to attempt to shoo away the cattle by even nudging them with your vehicle, much less actually hitting them; you pretty much just had to wait until the herd decided to split or, if they had them, the herders moved them along...
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