They are of the opinion that the need of the hour would be to set up a full-fledged breeding centre in Kangayam for facilitating ‘in-situ breeding’and schemes to promote ‘A2 milk’.
“Kangayam cattle population dwindled from 11.74 lakh in 1990 to around 4.44 lakh in 2000, as per the Animal Husbandry department survey. Presently, only around one lakh Kangayam cattle are there”, pointed out K. S. M. Karthikeya, managing trustee of Senaapathy Kangayam Cattle Research Foundation, which is involved in conservation activities for six decades.
V. Sivakumar, an Indian-American who is conserving Kangayam cattle rescued from slaughter at his shelter home here, said that the State Government should market Kangayam cattle milk as a premium product through Aavin and distribution points to be set up across the State which, in turn, would increase the demand for rearing the variety.
“Since Kangayam cattle feed at ‘Korangadu’—a specific grazing area for the breed that contains 20-odd varieties of shrubs and plants,—the A2 milk produced by the species contains more calcium and lactoferrin, a multi-functional protein that is found in breast milk”, he said
Another major demand was the need for formulation of a policy to promote supply of value-added products from dung and urine of Kangayam cattle that could be used for organic farming.

Source : The Hindu