India, Feb. 18 -- Unsurprisingly, the impact of the banning of cattle slaughter and its strict enforcement is having some serious consequences. Reports have emerged that farmers across northern India are staying up at night to guard their fields against large herds of stray cattle. In some cases farmers have locked up large numbers of bovines in school classrooms in order to prevent the destruction of their crops. Of course, one could make the argument that the crackdown by the Yogi Adityanath led state government in Uttar Pradesh against rampant illegal slaughterhouses has created the situation. The fact is while the cow is revered in India, many farmers turned a blind eye to slaughter of particularly of old ones. Indeed selling such to ...