Animal wealth

Animal wealth:

The world famous species of cattle Ongole bulls belong to this district and makes all of us proud of. They brought our state international recognition and earned foreign exchange. This species attract many foreigners. The herdsmen of Brazil visited this district and selected some bulls. One of them was karavadi bull which is from the village karavadi. This village is nearer to Ongole. In Brazil, more than 50 thousand calves were produced from  the sperm of the karavadi bull. Nowadays large number of ongole bulls can be seen in Brazil. The bulls which are said to be equal to the best species of hoses are available in kurumanchi a village which in 24 k.m away form ongole. This village is the origin of ongole bulls. Farmers are proud to maintain these bulls.

It can be said with confidence that no other species of cattle is there to compare with the Ongole bulls, not only in our country but all over the world. Export of these cattle was said to be started in 1950 form  giddalanapalem, a nearby village of Ongole to Britain and this is still continued. Many countries like Brazil, mexico, Australia, Indonesia, West Indies, Malaysia, Philippines, Mauritius, Fizz islands, Sri Lanka and America have been importing these animals.

In February 2006, some foreigners saw a cow at k.s palli in giddalur mandal. They bought the cow for rs. 50,000 though its actual price is not even rs 5,000. Some farmers are feeding 10 to 15 pairs of bulls. In January 2005, competitions were conducted at podili to test the strength of these bulls. This type of competitions is necessary to save the perishing species of Ongole bulls. In this district, a welfare society is also there for the benefit of the farmers of these bulls. If a farmer bought a pair of bulls even for a high price of rs 1 lakh, he will definitely earn not less than rs.25 lakhs before the bulls became useless. By selling the sperm of these bulls several farmers became lakhiers. At present the superiority of these bulls is decaying. To save the rare species, a help center was established at chadalawada for the restoration of these cattle. A center for the development of Ongole cattle was also established in the district.