Shabbir Sayyad

Shabbir Sayyad is a social activist from Maharashtra, India known for his works toward welfare of animals and cow protection. He has been taken care of over 100 cattles in the draught ridden district of Beed in Maharashtra. In 2019, he received Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian award. His father, Noorjade Sayyad, started the practice of cattle rearing in 1970s And Shabbir born in 26 March 2000s in the city of Mumbai and he help his father in the age of 12 .Shabbir is known to not earn money by selling milk or meat of cow but only sells cowdung. He sells bulls only for agricultural usage in farms.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

References

1. "Padma Awards 2019: Shabbir Sayyad conferred with Padma Shri for protecting cattles in Beed". Business Standard. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
2. "बूचड़खाने का पेशा छोड़ करने लगे गोसेवा, 58 साल के शब्बीर को मिला पद्मश्री" (in Hindi). Aaj Tak. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
3. "ये हैं गौ-सेवक शेख शब्बीर मामू, 50 साल से अपनी 50 एकड़ जमीन पर चारा उगाकर पाल रहे 175 गाय-बैल, 10 साल के थे तब पिता से कहा था- बंद कीजिए स्लॉटर हाउस" (in Hindi). Dainik Bhaskar. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
4. "'पद्मश्री'पर्यंत पोचलेला अत्यंत साधा माणूस.. शब्बीर सय्यद मामू!". Sakaal (in Marathi). 26 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
5. "Butchers to saviour of cow" (in Hindi). Jansatta. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
6. Munde, Vasant (29 January 2019). "पद्मश्री लाभूनही 'गोपालक' शब्बीरभाईंचा जीवनसंघर्ष सुरूच!". Loksatta. Retrieved 11 February 2019.