Buffaloes

Hundreds of buffaloes moved toward the lake.

Buffaloes have big horns.

They think of their buffaloes as family members. They would never eat them. They never even sell them for slaughter. And even though this is a Muslim community, they also happen to be vegetarian, not for any religious reasons, but because they really just don't like the idea of killing animals.

The family keep their buffaloes solely for the milk they produce, he explained, which they use for their own consumption within the family.

Whereas some ascetics and Brahmins remain addicted to attending such shows as dancing, singing, music, displays, recitations, hand-music, cymbals and drums, fairy-shows, acrobatic and conjuring tricks, combats of elephants, buffaloes, bulls, goats, rams, cocks and quail, fighting with staves, boxing, wrestling, sham-fights, parades, manoeuvres and military reviews, the ascetic Gotama refrains from attending such displays.

Buffaloes can kill people.

Buffaloes can be extremely aggressive.

Besides working at home, women in the village fetch fodder for buffaloes and work in fields.

As beasts of labour buffaloes are excessively strong, but slow and unmanageable.