December 12, 2008
Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7779331.stm
The RSPCA is giving a cow to a Hindu temple in Hertfordshire to replace one put down by a vet.
The charity said it was sorry for causing offence to the Bhaktivedanta Manor Temple in Watford - but stood by the vet's decision.
A Belgian Blue Jersey cross cow will now be given to the temple.
Temple officials claim they had been "tricked" into letting a vet see the sacred cow Gangotri, when it was sick last December.
At the time of its death, the cow had been injured for more than a year and could not stand.