False: Picture of dead cows who died due to starvation is from Rajasthan.

By: Annie Priya
May 13 2020

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False: Picture of dead cows who died due to starvation is from Rajasthan.

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The Verdict False

The image is from Kenya and not Rajasthan.

Claim ID 264511af
The image is from Kenya and not Rajasthan. A picture showing a dead cow went viral on social media with the claim that the picture is from Rajasthan, India, where the cow died due to starvation. By using reserve image search, we found that the image is not from Rajasthan but from Kenya, East Africa. The image is 10 years old and was published by the Daily Nation on 3 Oct 2009. According to the article, due to lack of fodder and awaiting slaughter at the Kenya Meat Corporation ( KMC), hundreds of cows have died.

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