R. Tejeswini, National Law University Odisha ABSTRACT The article takes a close look at the ideological clashes and cultural barriers behind animal welfare law in India and makes the argument that constitutional rights to equal treatment and secularism don’t quite fit with a religiously motivated classification system of animals where the cow is a special, almost sacred figure while other animals remain unprotected from the everyday cruelty inflicted on them. Based on a B.R. Ambedkar’s...