Author Archives: Balabhadra dasa

Dhruva Laddhu and his friend Kalyan Tamal were a few months old living in little hutches separate from their mothers and each other, fed by a mechanical milk drip before they were brought home to ISCOWP from the dairy. Now 2 ½ years later, Dhruva and K…

What is the role of the ox in cow protection? Attendees of the Ox Training Seminar in New Vraja Dhama, Hungary learn about training oxen and their valuable role in sustainable agriculture. ISCOWP traveled to New Vraja Dhama in Hungary to help present t…

Jenni’s parents took her on a mystery road trip. She didn’t know where she was going or for what purpose. She eventually realized she was at the International Society for Cow Protection. That was a surprise in itself, but there was more to come. Since …

On a cow protection farm all cows, bulls, and oxen are protected from slaughter. Each cow, in this case, ox, has his own unique personality. Meet Priya, the ox who is king of the ISCOWP herd. Priya the ox is a force to be reckoned with, at least for no…

A short memory from Balabhadra das of massaging Srila Prabhupada at the Ala Aoloa temple location during the bus tour of historic ISKCON Hawaii locations. The occasion was the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada in Hawaii, January 19, 2019. Balabhadra…

Donations during this Matching Gift Challenge have helped ISCOWP in many ways one of which is to feed the ISCOWP herd. This year, in addition to the cost of hay, ISCOWP had expensive tractor repairs. The tractor is necessary to move the 800-p…

All the cows were resting under a group of Live Oak trees which gave them a lot of shade on the hot Fall day. Almost all of these cows in the ISCOWP herd were saved when they were about to be slaughtered. While the cows were in a restful mood, Balabhad…

We are back again with the Training Oxen by Voice Commands series. Here is lesson 5 which deals with the importance of standing and how to train your oxen to stand. This time Kalyan Tamal is the ox in training. Kalyan and Dhruva, both rescued from a da…

This summer the rains were abundant, and they brought lush grass for the cows.  The cows were in heaven. This video was taken during the summer and features a two-year-old boy and his growing attraction for the cows. His name is Bhima.Bhima is Bal…

“Spending a day with the bulls is very satisfying work, and Mother Bhumi (Mother Earth) likes it. She is not so happy to have the tractor pounding her around.  When the bulls are working, they’re walking on Mother Bhumi, and they are giving her a massage. Sometimes they will pass urine; sometimes they will pass stool during the course. This makes Mother Bhumi also very happy.”

These were some of my thoughts which emerged while I was giving the Sunday feast lecture at the ISKCON Honolulu temple in Hawaii.

It wasn’t but a week after the May Cow Culture conference in Silicon Valley, California that I went to Hawaii upon my twin sister’s request. Our mother had passed away at the ripe old age of 101, and before her passing, she had requested that her body be cremated and the ashes put into the Moanalua Bay. A very close friend of my sister had a suitable boat which could safely transport us out into the ocean to help us fulfill our mother’s wish. He had suggested that we wait until the beginning of summer as the Pacific ocean would be calmer at that time. In the first week of June, we deposited her ashes in the Moanalua Bay. However, I kept half the ashes aside which I will take to India and deposit there in the holy river of Ganga.

I grew up in Hawaii and was the first person to be initiated by Srila Prabhupada in Hawaii in the year 1969. Back then having a child initiated into the Hare Krishna movement was a lot to accept. My mother tolerated it,  met Srila Prabhupada and attended a Sunday feast lecture given by him at the Honolulu temple on Oahu.

While I was in Hawaii, I visited the Honolulu Hare Krishna temple. I was asked to give the Sunday feast lecture, and the following video is of that lecture. Thanks to 9-year-old Balaji Dove for video graphing the class. There are some slides added to the video footage that you will find interesting, and I hope the video will enrich your spiritual understanding of cow protection.  Thanks for watching!

Yours, Balabhadra das (William E. Dove, ISCOWP president)

The Cow Culture Conference was held in Silicon Valley, California May 2018  by the Om Sri Surabhi Campaign headed by HH Bhakti Raghava Swami. At the conference, Balabhadra (William E. Dove -president of ISCOWP) speaks about Lord Krishna as a prote…

The cow is like our mother. Here is a tribute to three special mothers in the ISCOWP herd. They have been through significant difficulties living in the same dairy before they were rescued by ISCOWP members. Through grace and courage, they have forged …

Establishing cow protection is essential to bringing about a more peaceful, compassionate and spiritual world. Considering the chaotic and materialistic state of the world today, any attempt to bring about a more humane and friendly society is a battle…

Balaji and Devakinandana, a rescued ox,  have been friends since 2014 when Balaji was five years old, and Devaki was a few days old. Devaki was one of eight calves who was rescued at the auction barn from slaughter. Devaki and the other calves had…

Balabhadra das (William E. Dove president of ISCOWP) talks about how religious principles are derived from protecting cows. Srimad Bhagavatam class in ISKCON Houston, February 18, 2018. www.iscowp.org

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Cows rescued by ISCOWP members a year ago were let out on new pasture. We enjoyed watching them run, trot and gallop around the new pasture and thought you would enjoy watching them too. Dhruva galloped, Vasanti trotted with her dewlap swaying to and t…

This is the story of eight calves rescued by ISCOWP members. View them back in 2014 when they were first rescued and now in 2017 after living 3 years in a protected environment at ISCOWP Cow Sanctuary in Florida.

Priyavrata is a lover of sliced apple treats and tree leaves. Although there is plenty of grass to eat Priya likes to add to his diet. Priya has been quite peaceful and relaxed although he is king of the herd and has the personality to go with that pos…

The Cow Seva Kirtan Mela Festival was hosted by the Hare Krishna devotees of the  ISKCON New Talavan farm community in Mississippi, USA. Balabhadra das gave three Srimad Bhagavatam classes about the importance of cow protection.  Here is a vi…

Lesson 3 is about teaching the commands “Get Up” and “Whoa” to the team Dhruva Laddhu and Kalyan Tamal. In this video, Dhruva is 9 months old and Kalyan is 10 months old. Check back or subscribe to know when the continuing lessons are published. By the…

William E. Dove (president of ISCOWP and also known as Balabhadra das) is available  to answer any questions about the training process. You may ask here in the comment section or email at iscowp@gmail.com..More lessons will be coming soon. T…

Kalindi Vijaya is one of our rescue dairy cows. She is the star of the video “Joyfully Free From the Dairy.” Some of our subscribers have asked how she is doing since she was rescued in 2015. Kalindi Vijaya is doing well. This video will give you …

A calf just saved from being dehorned and branded is in the trailer entering the International Society for Cow Protection (also known as ISCOWP) Florida farm. Her name is Draupadi Amba. Another calf saved from the same fate and from the same breeder is…

This is the first in a series of lessons ISCOWP plans to publish with the intent that someone who watches them should attain a good idea of how to train oxen by voice commands from the beginning of their oxen’s lives to their maturity. 

Akshobhya was rescued in 2014. He remains a very friendly ox and is one of the oxen who loves his sweet treats. He also loves to tussle with his friends. In this video you can see him playing with Lila and then Abhay. The grass has just about turn…

On the auspicious day of Lord Nityananda’s appearance we offered arati to the cows. Instead of offering treats also, we let the rescued calves out of their barn for the first time. We also opened the gates for the rest of the herd to let them onto anot…

This Gir calf was rescued from a breeder just before she was about to be dehorned and branded. Even though her horns will grow towards the back of her head and not to the front, where they could be used as a weapon, dehorning would have been done. Deho…

Having been confined to a small hutch, the current living quarters for he rescued calves is luxurious and gives enough space to run happily.

These two bull calves were rescued from a dairy a week ago. They will be protected for life and trained as an ox team to show their usefulness as an argument aginst their slaughter. In the dairy they ae considered useless because they do not produce mi…

On a recent visit to the ISCOWP farm, HH Bhakti Ragava Swami, head of the Om Surabhi International Campaign, is putting cow dung on his phone after a discussion about the latest news of certain cell phones catching on fire.From the Times of India Mar 2…

Interview with Chayadevi too.

Asha a few hours before she left.Read her story.

The history of the International Society of Cow Protection (ISCOWP)We just found this article on Dandavats.com. It was a pleasant surprise to find our  iscowp.org history web page published on Dandavats. The Dandavats article can be foun…

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 Kalindi a rescued dairy cow jumps for joy when she arrives at ISCOWP to be protected for life from slaughter. www.iscowp.org