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The famed Ongole bull breed, erstwhile utilized for demanding cultivation tasks specified arsenic ploughing and cart-pulling, present faces the menace of extinction owed to expanding mechanisation. The breed has besides been known arsenic a cost-intensive and labour-intensive enactment for ages.
The “Ongole brand” was erstwhile truthful renowned that raising the breed became a awesome of pridefulness for industrialists, doctors, and politicians. Today, however, the cattle are valued chiefly for show purposes—as showpieces astatine governmental events oregon successful competitions organised by the State, said the locals.
“Ongole cattle utilized to beryllium celebrated for drought pulling, beverage and beef (abroad). However, the instauration of exotic breeds helped the dairy manufacture flourish, which led to dwindling of Ongole breed’s numbers,” noted renowned ophthalmologist Chunchu Chalamaiah, who utilized ain Ongole cattle.
Meanwhile, the Ongole Municipal Corporation has installed statues of Ongole bull crossed the metropolis arsenic portion of a beautification project, marking 57th Prakasam District Formation Day connected February 02, 2026.
