{"id":88626,"date":"2018-07-16T09:09:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T12:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espacoecologico.com.br\/arquivo\/?p=88626"},"modified":"2018-07-16T09:10:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T12:10:40","slug":"como-brasil-transformou-animal-sagrado-de-maraja-indiano-em-revolucao-genetica-e-mercado-bilionario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espacoecologico.com.br\/arquivo\/como-brasil-transformou-animal-sagrado-de-maraja-indiano-em-revolucao-genetica-e-mercado-bilionario\/","title":{"rendered":"Como Brasil transformou animal sagrado de maraj\u00e1 indiano em revolu\u00e7\u00e3o gen\u00e9tica e mercado bilion\u00e1rio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles active-capital-letter\" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"30\" data-block-id=\"2\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container theme-color-primary-first-letter\" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/espacoecologico.com.br\/arquivo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/touro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-88627\" src=\"https:\/\/espacoecologico.com.br\/arquivo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/touro-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/espacoecologico.com.br\/arquivo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/touro-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/espacoecologico.com.br\/arquivo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/touro.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Entre goles de caf\u00e9, o espanhol Celso Garcia Cid examinava a correspond\u00eancia na espa\u00e7osa sede de sua fazenda no interior do Paran\u00e1 quando a foto de um bezerro o hipnotizou.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wall\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"28\" data-block-id=\"3\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Ele havia sido fotografado pelo vaqueiro Ildefonso dos Santos, enviado por Cid \u00e0 \u00cdndia em 1958 para romper o dom\u00ednio de criadores do Tri\u00e2ngulo Mineiro na pecu\u00e1ria brasileira.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"48\" data-block-id=\"4\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">&#8220;Tudo que se diga desse animal n\u00e3o poder\u00e1 revelar o que seja \u2013 \u00e9 um colosso&#8221;, descreveu o vaqueiro. O touro pertencia \u00e0 ra\u00e7a Gir, famosa pelos chifres para baixo e pela pelagem branco-avermelhada. Chamava-se Krishna, como um dos deuses mais populares do Hindu\u00edsmo, religi\u00e3o majorit\u00e1ria na \u00cdndia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"50\" data-block-id=\"5\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">&#8220;Compre urgente esse boi!&#8221;, ordenou Cid em telegrama ao auxiliar. Trazido ao Brasil em 1960, o touro impulsionou uma revolu\u00e7\u00e3o gen\u00e9tica que fez do Gir uma das ra\u00e7as mais valorizadas no milion\u00e1rio mercado de embri\u00f5es bovinos e gerou uma linhagem mesti\u00e7a hoje respons\u00e1vel por 80% da produ\u00e7\u00e3o de leite nacional.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"39\" data-block-id=\"6\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">O feito chamou a aten\u00e7\u00e3o at\u00e9 do governo indiano \u2013 que, agora, busca o Brasil para reintroduzir a ra\u00e7a em sua terra natal, onde ela quase desapareceu ap\u00f3s cruzamentos malsucedidos e jamais teve a produtividade alcan\u00e7ada em fazendas brasileiras.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-media content-media--normal content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"7\">\n<div class=\"content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media__image-centered\">\n<div class=\"progressive-img can-open-lightbox\" data-min-size=\"1008x567\" data-min-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/5M6_jzZLiWAYxhyGo_rnlJjfvcI=\/0x0:976x549\/1008x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/U\/i\/cPXu1WStArLi3tKu1JbQ\/bbc1.jpg\" data-max-size=\"1600x900\" data-max-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/tE5Gt7fBcWR_naFgPOH0x1vBScQ=\/0x0:976x549\/1600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/U\/i\/cPXu1WStArLi3tKu1JbQ\/bbc1.jpg\" data-media-index=\"1\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image content-media__image progressive-loaded\" title=\"Celso Cid recebeu o maraj\u00e1 de Bhavnagar em sua fazenda em Sertan\u00f3polis, no in\u00edcio dos anos 1960 (Foto: BBC)\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/stP5W-j9Dm8eWWK0a_OLlnAPNok=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/U\/i\/cPXu1WStArLi3tKu1JbQ\/bbc1.jpg\" alt=\"Celso Cid recebeu o maraj\u00e1 de Bhavnagar em sua fazenda em Sertan\u00f3polis, no in\u00edcio dos anos 1960 (Foto: BBC)\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/stP5W-j9Dm8eWWK0a_OLlnAPNok=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/U\/i\/cPXu1WStArLi3tKu1JbQ\/bbc1.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-media__description-centered \">\n<p class=\"content-media__description\"><i class=\"content-media__description__icon theme-color-primary\"><\/i><span class=\"content-media__description__caption\">Celso Cid recebeu o maraj\u00e1 de Bhavnagar em sua fazenda em Sertan\u00f3polis, no in\u00edcio dos anos 1960 (Foto: BBC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"28\" data-block-id=\"8\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Neto de Cid e um dos herdeiros de sua fazenda, o advogado Guilherme Sachetim diz que a compra de Krishna &#8220;foi um divisor de \u00e1guas na pecu\u00e1ria brasileira&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-ads content-ads--reveal\" data-block-type=\"ads\" data-block-id=\"9\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"24\" data-block-id=\"10\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Ele afirma que o touro &#8220;refrescou o sangue&#8221; do gado leiteiro nacional em um momento em que a consanguinidade limitava a produtividade dos rebanhos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"26\" data-block-id=\"11\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">A chegada de Krishna coincidiu com o avan\u00e7o das t\u00e9cnicas de melhoramento gen\u00e9tico, que disseminaram pelo Brasil o DNA de touros e vacas de alto desempenho.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"34\" data-block-id=\"12\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Hoje, segundo Sachetim, a linhagem de Krishna est\u00e1 presente em 80% do rebanho Gir brasileiro e se espalhou por quase todos os pa\u00edses das Am\u00e9ricas. &#8220;Milh\u00f5es de pessoas foram beneficiadas com essa importa\u00e7\u00e3o&#8221;, afirma.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"4\" data-block-id=\"13\">\n<div class=\"content-intertitle\">\n<h2>No tempo dos maraj\u00e1s<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"34\" data-block-id=\"14\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">A saga do touro liga o Brasil \u00e0 era dos maraj\u00e1s na \u00cdndia, quando poderosos locais governavam microestados e desenvolveram linhagens que deram origem \u00e0s principais ra\u00e7as de gado indiano, tamb\u00e9m chamado de zebu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"46\" data-block-id=\"15\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Em Bhavnagar, no oeste do pa\u00eds, a fam\u00edlia governante notabilizara-se pela cria\u00e7\u00e3o de bois e vacas mais preparados para resistir \u00e0 maior amea\u00e7a local: ataques de le\u00f5es. Gra\u00e7as aos chifres voltados para tr\u00e1s e para baixo, os pesco\u00e7os dos animais ficavam protegidos das mordidas dos predadores.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-media content-media--normal content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"16\">\n<div class=\"content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media__image-centered\">\n<div class=\"progressive-img can-open-lightbox\" data-min-size=\"1008x567\" data-min-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/TGDWNIjcJcjQyrYNZM0gnK6YXWU=\/0x0:976x549\/1008x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/v\/3\/gaG1PyTsahbyQoWYlE4w\/bbc2.jpg\" data-max-size=\"1600x900\" data-max-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/oW49ZgQqoHzNX_owqFZZ98BDFyE=\/0x0:976x549\/1600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/v\/3\/gaG1PyTsahbyQoWYlE4w\/bbc2.jpg\" data-media-index=\"2\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image content-media__image progressive-loaded\" title=\"Vacas Gir em fazenda pr\u00f3xima a Juiz de Fora (MG) podem produzir 20 litros de leite por dia (Foto: JO\u00c3O FELLET\/BBC)\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/NPvaxTjkPv8lHjCj65rqnSVvHQ4=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/v\/3\/gaG1PyTsahbyQoWYlE4w\/bbc2.jpg\" alt=\"Vacas Gir em fazenda pr\u00f3xima a Juiz de Fora (MG) podem produzir 20 litros de leite por dia (Foto: JO\u00c3O FELLET\/BBC)\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/NPvaxTjkPv8lHjCj65rqnSVvHQ4=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/v\/3\/gaG1PyTsahbyQoWYlE4w\/bbc2.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-media__description-centered \">\n<p class=\"content-media__description\"><i class=\"content-media__description__icon theme-color-primary\"><\/i><span class=\"content-media__description__caption\">Vacas Gir em fazenda pr\u00f3xima a Juiz de Fora (MG) podem produzir 20 litros de leite por dia (Foto: JO\u00c3O FELLET\/BBC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"19\" data-block-id=\"17\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">A ra\u00e7a, selecionada ao longo de dois mil anos, foi batizada de Gir \u2013 nome de uma floresta local.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"35\" data-block-id=\"18\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Quando Celso Garcia Cid mandou seu vaqueiro \u00e0 \u00cdndia, em 1958, a era dos maraj\u00e1s j\u00e1 havia se encerrado. Ap\u00f3s a independ\u00eancia do pa\u00eds, em 1947, autoridades passaram a confiscar os bens dos antigos governantes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"30\" data-block-id=\"20\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Mas o maraj\u00e1 de Bhavnagar, Shri Virbadrasinghji, conseguiu preservar parte da linhagem desenvolvida pela fam\u00edlia, e que teve todos os cruzamentos registrados em livros de anota\u00e7\u00f5es nos \u00faltimos tr\u00eas s\u00e9culos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-media content-media--normal content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"21\">\n<div class=\"content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media__image-centered\">\n<div class=\"progressive-img can-open-lightbox\" data-min-size=\"1008x567\" data-min-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/l7o1XWFtMtSmeB6QdgprpKfkmHg=\/0x0:976x549\/1008x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/k\/U\/4LboZwSpG6BCQHu9IP5A\/bbc3.jpg\" data-max-size=\"1600x900\" data-max-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/_IErGU5E8jzI4rn8GFp-SHyh1rw=\/0x0:976x549\/1600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/k\/U\/4LboZwSpG6BCQHu9IP5A\/bbc3.jpg\" data-media-index=\"3\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image content-media__image progressive-loaded\" title=\"Antes de morrer, o maraj\u00e1 de Bhavnagar, Shri Virbadrasinghji, doou todas as vacas para Celso Cid (Foto: BBC)\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/8KfDKtWUpZGQda2Om0ZJi2ho4TM=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/k\/U\/4LboZwSpG6BCQHu9IP5A\/bbc3.jpg\" alt=\"Antes de morrer, o maraj\u00e1 de Bhavnagar, Shri Virbadrasinghji, doou todas as vacas para Celso Cid (Foto: BBC)\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/8KfDKtWUpZGQda2Om0ZJi2ho4TM=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/k\/U\/4LboZwSpG6BCQHu9IP5A\/bbc3.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-media__description-centered \">\n<p class=\"content-media__description\"><i class=\"content-media__description__icon theme-color-primary\"><\/i><span class=\"content-media__description__caption\">Antes de morrer, o maraj\u00e1 de Bhavnagar, Shri Virbadrasinghji, doou todas as vacas para Celso Cid (Foto: BBC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"9\" data-block-id=\"22\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Uma das joias do rebanho era o touro Krishna.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"25\" data-block-id=\"23\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Em &#8220;O Tempo de Seo Celso&#8221;, biografia do fazendeiro, morto em 1972, o jornalista Domingos Pellegrini narra a negocia\u00e7\u00e3o para trazer o boi ao Brasil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"38\" data-block-id=\"24\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Ap\u00f3s o patr\u00e3o ordenar a compra do touro, Ildefonso dos Santos telefonou para o pal\u00e1cio do maraj\u00e1. Por sorte, o secret\u00e1rio do indiano falava portugu\u00eas \u2013 possivelmente aprendido em Goa, naquela altura ainda uma col\u00f4nia portuguesa na \u00cdndia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"44\" data-block-id=\"25\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">O secret\u00e1rio disse que Krishna j\u00e1 havia sido negociado e que o resto do rebanho n\u00e3o estava \u00e0 venda. Mas o maraj\u00e1, que acompanhava a conversa, ficou curioso com o interesse de um comprador vindo de terras t\u00e3o distantes e convidou Ildefonso ao pal\u00e1cio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"33\" data-block-id=\"26\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Os dois se encontraram, e o vaqueiro convenceu o maraj\u00e1 a lhe vender Krishna e outras vacas \u2013 que se uniram \u00e0s dezenas de cabe\u00e7as que ele j\u00e1 havia adquirido de outros criadores.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"35\" data-block-id=\"27\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Mais de um ano depois, Ildefonso embarcava no porto de Madras com toda a boiada rumo ao Mar Vermelho. O navio Cora atracou na Ar\u00e1bia Saudita, cruzou o Canal de Suez e passou ao Mediterr\u00e2neo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"42\" data-block-id=\"29\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Tr\u00eas tempestades e quarenta e quatro dias depois da partida, chegou \u00e0 Guiana Francesa. Antes de alcan\u00e7ar o destino final, o rebanho teve de passar por uma quarentena na Ilha das Cobras, no litoral do Paran\u00e1, o momento mais penoso da jornada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-media content-media--normal content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"30\">\n<div class=\"content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media__image-centered\">\n<div class=\"progressive-img can-open-lightbox\" data-min-size=\"1008x567\" data-min-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/9eIFF-KmCozxEaUAO9hw0qfoCOI=\/0x0:976x549\/1008x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/z\/d\/xtVqD7QoyySr92VRnKlQ\/bbc4.jpg\" data-max-size=\"1600x900\" data-max-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/lJLIQ2MS9MMnkujxe4ChFDjnQWk=\/0x0:976x549\/1600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/z\/d\/xtVqD7QoyySr92VRnKlQ\/bbc4.jpg\" data-media-index=\"4\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image content-media__image progressive-loaded\" title=\"Cid quebrou dom\u00ednio de pecuaristas do mineiros, reabrindo o Brasil a importa\u00e7\u00f5es de gado indiano (Foto: DIEGO PADGURSCHI\/BBC)\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/maqZLan9AP1jiafQBpSqJyKpoFE=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/z\/d\/xtVqD7QoyySr92VRnKlQ\/bbc4.jpg\" alt=\"Cid quebrou dom\u00ednio de pecuaristas do mineiros, reabrindo o Brasil a importa\u00e7\u00f5es de gado indiano (Foto: DIEGO PADGURSCHI\/BBC)\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/maqZLan9AP1jiafQBpSqJyKpoFE=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/z\/d\/xtVqD7QoyySr92VRnKlQ\/bbc4.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-media__description-centered \">\n<p class=\"content-media__description\"><i class=\"content-media__description__icon theme-color-primary\"><\/i><span class=\"content-media__description__caption\">Cid quebrou dom\u00ednio de pecuaristas do mineiros, reabrindo o Brasil a importa\u00e7\u00f5es de gado indiano (Foto: DIEGO PADGURSCHI\/BBC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"76\" data-block-id=\"31\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">&#8220;Na ilha morreram uma vaca, ca\u00edda nas rochas da beira-mar, e outra que caiu no mar e se afogou; mais cinco bezerros intoxicados com feij\u00e3o mo\u00eddo dado como alimento, nos dias em que o capim mal dava para os animais adultos. Outra bezerra Nelore morreu enforcada na pr\u00f3pria corda; mais seis bezerros por falta de leite; um touro Gir atirado sobre as pedras na mar\u00e9 baixa, em briga com outro&#8221;, relata Pellegrini na biografia de Cid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"20\" data-block-id=\"32\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Dos 119 animais que deixaram a \u00cdndia, 103 chegaram \u00e0 costa do Paran\u00e1, dos quais sete nascidos durante a viagem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"3\" data-block-id=\"33\">\n<div class=\"content-intertitle\">\n<h2>JK e Jango<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"52\" data-block-id=\"34\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Enquanto a epopeia se desenrolava, Cid batalhava para que o governo federal autorizasse o desembarque dos bichos. Na \u00e9poca, o Minist\u00e9rio da Agricultura exercia um forte controle sobre a importa\u00e7\u00e3o de gado. O rigor atendia ao lobby de pecuaristas mineiros, que dominavam o setor ap\u00f3s importar levas de zebu um s\u00e9culo antes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"34\" data-block-id=\"35\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Ciente da viagem patrocinada por Cid, a Confedera\u00e7\u00e3o Rural Brasileira enviou uma carta ao minist\u00e9rio defendendo que os 103 animais fossem sacrificados para n\u00e3o expor &#8220;os rebanhos do pa\u00eds a grav\u00edssimas e irremedi\u00e1veis infec\u00e7\u00f5es&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"41\" data-block-id=\"37\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Para pedir a libera\u00e7\u00e3o da carga, Cid se reuniu com o presidente Juscelino Kubitschek e, depois, com seu sucessor, Jo\u00e3o Goulart. Oito meses ap\u00f3s chegar \u00e0 Ilha das Cobras, quando a viagem toda completava quase dois anos, a boiada finalmente desembarcou.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-media content-media--normal content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"38\">\n<div class=\"content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media__image-centered\">\n<div class=\"progressive-img can-open-lightbox\" data-min-size=\"1008x567\" data-min-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/POmvNyZNYQt_TcgSQR4xAL0ptDc=\/0x0:976x549\/1008x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/N\/L\/7p4sGAQKiKok1wK2Az1A\/bbc5.jpg\" data-max-size=\"1600x900\" data-max-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/mxKbi1R4UxpZ1Xa3V7X-q6AqDaE=\/0x0:976x549\/1600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/N\/L\/7p4sGAQKiKok1wK2Az1A\/bbc5.jpg\" data-media-index=\"5\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image content-media__image progressive-loaded\" title=\"Inicialmente usado no Brasil para produ\u00e7\u00e3o de carne e leite, gado Gir se especializou na atividade leiteira (Foto: BBC)\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/Mb00xh8kITmlveNd-kaJcsaBfNE=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/N\/L\/7p4sGAQKiKok1wK2Az1A\/bbc5.jpg\" alt=\"Inicialmente usado no Brasil para produ\u00e7\u00e3o de carne e leite, gado Gir se especializou na atividade leiteira (Foto: BBC)\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/Mb00xh8kITmlveNd-kaJcsaBfNE=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/N\/L\/7p4sGAQKiKok1wK2Az1A\/bbc5.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-media__description-centered \">\n<p class=\"content-media__description\"><i class=\"content-media__description__icon theme-color-primary\"><\/i><span class=\"content-media__description__caption\">Inicialmente usado no Brasil para produ\u00e7\u00e3o de carne e leite, gado Gir se especializou na atividade leiteira (Foto: BBC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"30\" data-block-id=\"39\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Solto na fazenda Cachoeira, em Sertan\u00f3polis (PR), Krishna logo engordou. At\u00e9 que, um ano depois, um pe\u00e3o chegou esbaforido \u00e0 sede da propriedade: &#8220;O boi caiu, parece que t\u00e1 morrendo!&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"32\" data-block-id=\"40\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Cid ordenou que, assim que morresse, o animal fosse coberto de gelo. No dia seguinte, levou um taxidermista \u00e0 fazenda para embalsam\u00e1-lo. Queria poder olhar o boi predileto at\u00e9 seus \u00faltimos dias.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"32\" data-block-id=\"41\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">A carca\u00e7a de Krishna foi posta num sarc\u00f3fago de vidro na sede da fazenda, onde se encontra at\u00e9 hoje. Entre as patas do bicho, Cid deixou uma placa: &#8220;Quer conhecer Gir? Observe-me!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"37\" data-block-id=\"42\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Ap\u00f3s embalsam\u00e1-lo, o pecuarista passou a guardar a cabe\u00e7a de cada boi morto. As paredes da fazenda se encheram de cr\u00e2nios com longos chifres e fotografias dos touros e vacas genearcas, como um templo de adora\u00e7\u00e3o bovina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"2\" data-block-id=\"43\">\n<div class=\"content-intertitle\">\n<h2>Causa mortis<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"23\" data-block-id=\"44\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Jamais a causa da morte de Krishna foi elucidada. Pe\u00f5es relataram que, horas antes de desabar, Krishna brigou com um touro mais jovem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"38\" data-block-id=\"45\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Neto de Cid, Guilherme Sachetim conta que uma autopsia revelou que as veias do cora\u00e7\u00e3o do boi estavam dilatadas. &#8220;Ele pode ter ficado nervoso durante a briga, a press\u00e3o subiu, e a\u00ed sofreu uma esp\u00e9cie de aneurisma&#8221;, especula.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"25\" data-block-id=\"47\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Na curta estadia no Brasil, Krishna deixou um \u00fanico herdeiro \u2013 fruto de um cruzamento com a vaca Sakina, tamb\u00e9m comprada do maraj\u00e1 de Bhavnagar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"20\" data-block-id=\"48\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Coube ao jovem touro Krishna-Sakina, apelidado pela fam\u00edlia de Krishninha, a tarefa de espalhar o DNA do pai Brasil afora.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-media content-media--normal content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"49\">\n<div class=\"content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media__image-centered\">\n<div class=\"progressive-img can-open-lightbox\" data-min-size=\"1008x567\" data-min-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/fHvHxs3SLCE4abAuiU60X3MQwIc=\/0x0:976x549\/1008x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/W\/x\/Hy68qcQRWZADVBvYBm0w\/bbc6.jpg\" data-max-size=\"1600x900\" data-max-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/ciyxlB3TrcO6vTnwN8Z40hJYeE8=\/0x0:976x549\/1600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/W\/x\/Hy68qcQRWZADVBvYBm0w\/bbc6.jpg\" data-media-index=\"6\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image content-media__image progressive-loaded\" title=\"Gado Gir \u00e9 o mais valorizado no mercado de embri\u00f5es zebu\u00ednos, usado para cria\u00e7\u00e3o da ra\u00e7a Girolando (Foto: DIEGO PADGURSCHI\/BBC)\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/51Wbeq0Q6p9FM3Pd_B0spYuXYSk=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/W\/x\/Hy68qcQRWZADVBvYBm0w\/bbc6.jpg\" alt=\"Gado Gir \u00e9 o mais valorizado no mercado de embri\u00f5es zebu\u00ednos, usado para cria\u00e7\u00e3o da ra\u00e7a Girolando (Foto: DIEGO PADGURSCHI\/BBC)\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/51Wbeq0Q6p9FM3Pd_B0spYuXYSk=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/W\/x\/Hy68qcQRWZADVBvYBm0w\/bbc6.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-media__description-centered \">\n<p class=\"content-media__description\"><i class=\"content-media__description__icon theme-color-primary\"><\/i><span class=\"content-media__description__caption\">Gado Gir \u00e9 o mais valorizado no mercado de embri\u00f5es zebu\u00ednos, usado para cria\u00e7\u00e3o da ra\u00e7a Girolando (Foto: DIEGO PADGURSCHI\/BBC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"3\" data-block-id=\"50\">\n<div class=\"content-intertitle\">\n<h2>Quebra do monop\u00f3lio<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"38\" data-block-id=\"51\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Gerente executivo do Museu do Zebu, em Uberaba (MG), o historiador Thiago Riccioppo diz que a afirma\u00e7\u00e3o da fam\u00edlia de Cid de que 80% dos bois e vacas Gir brasileiros t\u00eam sangue do touro Krishna \u00e9 provavelmente correta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"24\" data-block-id=\"52\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Ele afirma que os esfor\u00e7os do fazendeiro para romper o monop\u00f3lio mineiro abriram o caminho para &#8220;as mais significativas importa\u00e7\u00f5es de zebu da \u00cdndia&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"52\" data-block-id=\"53\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">O Brasil abrigava zebu\u00ednos desde o fim do s\u00e9culo 19, quando bar\u00f5es do caf\u00e9 fluminense trouxeram as primeiras cabe\u00e7as. Mais fortes que as ra\u00e7as europeias, presentes no pa\u00eds desde o in\u00edcio da coloniza\u00e7\u00e3o portuguesa, os bois indianos eram empregados para arrastar m\u00e1quinas nas fazendas ou exibidos como animais ex\u00f3ticos em zool\u00f3gicos particulares.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"38\" data-block-id=\"54\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">No in\u00edcio do s\u00e9culo 20, pecuaristas do Tri\u00e2ngulo Mineiro criaram uma associa\u00e7\u00e3o para registrar a genealogia dos zebus importados e combater a oposi\u00e7\u00e3o de fazendeiros paulistas, para quem os bois indianos eram animais selvagens e com carne ruim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"30\" data-block-id=\"56\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Com a retomada das importa\u00e7\u00f5es, a partir dos anos 1960, acelerou-se a diferencia\u00e7\u00e3o das ra\u00e7as zebu\u00ednas, \u00e0 medida que os criadores selecionavam animais para a produ\u00e7\u00e3o de carne ou leite.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-media content-media--normal content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"57\">\n<div class=\"content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media__image-centered\">\n<div class=\"progressive-img can-open-lightbox\" data-min-size=\"1008x567\" data-min-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/t2kYJkzBNl0w5oZfx9_oUXRh7OI=\/0x0:976x549\/1008x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/F\/k\/LsYGuoTOusRbfe6oTT0Q\/bbc7.jpg\" data-max-size=\"1600x900\" data-max-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/GYCl0HA4PNXwz9s3XF1RfZJ4BBM=\/0x0:976x549\/1600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/F\/k\/LsYGuoTOusRbfe6oTT0Q\/bbc7.jpg\" data-media-index=\"7\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image content-media__image progressive-loaded\" title=\"Gado viajando em balsa rumo \u00e0 fazenda de Celso Cid no Paran\u00e1 (Foto: BBC)\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/MDvXyRqd9glmm3Xeu3S7ZOTb7To=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/F\/k\/LsYGuoTOusRbfe6oTT0Q\/bbc7.jpg\" alt=\"Gado viajando em balsa rumo \u00e0 fazenda de Celso Cid no Paran\u00e1 (Foto: BBC)\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/MDvXyRqd9glmm3Xeu3S7ZOTb7To=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/F\/k\/LsYGuoTOusRbfe6oTT0Q\/bbc7.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-media__description-centered \">\n<p class=\"content-media__description\"><i class=\"content-media__description__icon theme-color-primary\"><\/i><span class=\"content-media__description__caption\">Gado viajando em balsa rumo \u00e0 fazenda de Celso Cid no Paran\u00e1 (Foto: BBC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"35\" data-block-id=\"58\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">O gado Nelore se tornou o carro-chefe da pecu\u00e1ria de corte. J\u00e1 o Gir foi se especializando na atividade leiteira, pois era considerado mais d\u00f3cil que as demais ra\u00e7as indianas, caracter\u00edstica essencial para a ordenha.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"24\" data-block-id=\"59\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Na d\u00e9cada de 1980, a Embrapa (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecu\u00e1ria) impulsionou o processo ao se associar a criadores de Gir que produziam leite.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"35\" data-block-id=\"60\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Pesquisadores montaram um grande banco de dados com informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre a lacta\u00e7\u00e3o de cada vaca. O desempenho dos touros era medido por meio de suas filhas: quando produziam muito leite, garantiam boas notas ao pai.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"41\" data-block-id=\"61\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">O progresso de t\u00e9cnicas de insemina\u00e7\u00e3o artificial e de fertiliza\u00e7\u00e3o in vitro permitiu que vacas e touros Gir com excelente gen\u00e9tica, como Krishninha, gerassem milhares de descendentes ao longo da vida e se tornassem muito valorizados no mercado de embri\u00f5es bovinos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-media content-media--normal content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"62\">\n<div class=\"content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media__image-centered\">\n<div class=\"progressive-img can-open-lightbox\" data-min-size=\"1008x567\" data-min-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/lydx34W_rPfiAeB5Lxn_3NYzppA=\/0x0:976x549\/1008x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/e\/n\/HVxKQkRQG3IqPZblbjvw\/bbc8.jpg\" data-max-size=\"1600x900\" data-max-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/yKi8levIwQ3b90dqw-jyXSbNJVE=\/0x0:976x549\/1600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/e\/n\/HVxKQkRQG3IqPZblbjvw\/bbc8.jpg\" data-media-index=\"8\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image content-media__image progressive-loaded\" title=\"Cid em viagem \u00e0 \u00cdndia, onde vacas s\u00e3o consideradas sagradas pelos hindus e n\u00e3o podem ser abatidas (Foto: BBC)\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/2r1_VtgOdLpMeKvkeXhS-TFu3WM=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/e\/n\/HVxKQkRQG3IqPZblbjvw\/bbc8.jpg\" alt=\"Cid em viagem \u00e0 \u00cdndia, onde vacas s\u00e3o consideradas sagradas pelos hindus e n\u00e3o podem ser abatidas (Foto: BBC)\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/2r1_VtgOdLpMeKvkeXhS-TFu3WM=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/e\/n\/HVxKQkRQG3IqPZblbjvw\/bbc8.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-media__description-centered \">\n<p class=\"content-media__description\"><i class=\"content-media__description__icon theme-color-primary\"><\/i><span class=\"content-media__description__caption\">Cid em viagem \u00e0 \u00cdndia, onde vacas s\u00e3o consideradas sagradas pelos hindus e n\u00e3o podem ser abatidas (Foto: BBC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"45\" data-block-id=\"64\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Os mais destacados desses animais, vendidos em leil\u00f5es por cifras que podem ultrapassar os R$ 50 mil, t\u00eam a \u00fanica fun\u00e7\u00e3o de doar s\u00eamen e \u00f3vulos para a produ\u00e7\u00e3o de embri\u00f5es \u2013 que costumam ser gestados por vacas de segunda linha, como barrigas de aluguel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"51\" data-block-id=\"65\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Especialista em sele\u00e7\u00e3o gen\u00e9tica de gado leiteiro, o m\u00e9dico veterin\u00e1rio Luiz Fernando Feres diz que, durante a lacta\u00e7\u00e3o, uma boa vaca Gir brasileira \u00e9 capaz de produzir cerca de 20 litros de leite por dia \u2013 dez vezes mais que as primeiras a desembarcar no pa\u00eds, h\u00e1 mais de um s\u00e9culo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"45\" data-block-id=\"66\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Gra\u00e7as ao trabalho nos laborat\u00f3rios nos anos 1980 e 1990, a produtividade do gado Gir deu um grande salto, mas ainda estava aqu\u00e9m da obtida pela ra\u00e7a Holandesa. Vacas dessa linhagem europeia podem produzir o dobro de leite e ser ordenhadas mesmo longe das crias.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"30\" data-block-id=\"67\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">J\u00e1 nas ra\u00e7as indianas os bezerros precisam ficar junto das vacas, caso contr\u00e1rio o leite seca (criadores contornam a limita\u00e7\u00e3o amarrando o filhote \u00e0 pata da m\u00e3e durante a ordenha).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"26\" data-block-id=\"68\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Por outro lado, as vacas Gir ganham de lavada das holandesas em longevidade e resist\u00eancia, pois est\u00e3o adaptadas ao calor e a doen\u00e7as comuns nos tr\u00f3picos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-media content-media--normal content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"69\">\n<div class=\"content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media__image-centered\">\n<div class=\"progressive-img can-open-lightbox\" data-min-size=\"1008x567\" data-min-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/iWlsq0xcoshUJ6CTvn9g_sQPvgU=\/0x0:976x549\/1008x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/4\/s\/wJmqc7RlqnpZF72bLbNw\/bbc9.jpg\" data-max-size=\"1600x900\" data-max-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/bV2znFsmb8y9c0t-G3wK7yL-lOw=\/0x0:976x549\/1600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/4\/s\/wJmqc7RlqnpZF72bLbNw\/bbc9.jpg\" data-media-index=\"9\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image content-media__image progressive-loaded\" title=\"Embri\u00f5es formados em laborat\u00f3rio s\u00e3o normalmente gestados por 'barrigas de aluguel' (Foto: DIEGO PADGURSCHI\/BBC)\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/AYcvMHk58SYPBYeWllpGyPkmyhc=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/4\/s\/wJmqc7RlqnpZF72bLbNw\/bbc9.jpg\" alt=\"Embri\u00f5es formados em laborat\u00f3rio s\u00e3o normalmente gestados por 'barrigas de aluguel' (Foto: DIEGO PADGURSCHI\/BBC)\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/AYcvMHk58SYPBYeWllpGyPkmyhc=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/4\/s\/wJmqc7RlqnpZF72bLbNw\/bbc9.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-media__description-centered \">\n<p class=\"content-media__description\"><i class=\"content-media__description__icon theme-color-primary\"><\/i><span class=\"content-media__description__caption\">Embri\u00f5es formados em laborat\u00f3rio s\u00e3o normalmente gestados por &#8216;barrigas de aluguel&#8217; (Foto: DIEGO PADGURSCHI\/BBC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"33\" data-block-id=\"70\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">O pulo do gato ocorreu quando as duas ra\u00e7as foram misturadas. O cruzamento deu origem ao gado Girolando \u2013 hoje respons\u00e1vel por cerca de 80% do leite produzido no Brasil, segundo a Embrapa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"30\" data-block-id=\"72\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Pesquisador da institui\u00e7\u00e3o, Marcos da Silva diz que o melhoramento gen\u00e9tico do gado Gir e a cria\u00e7\u00e3o do Girolando fizeram a produ\u00e7\u00e3o leiteira no pa\u00eds quadriplicar nos \u00faltimos 20 anos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"2\" data-block-id=\"73\">\n<div class=\"content-intertitle\">\n<h2>Interesse indiano<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"42\" data-block-id=\"74\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Nos \u00faltimos anos, a Embrapa foi procurada por autoridades indianas interessadas em importar vacas e touros Gir brasileiros. Enquanto evolu\u00eda no Brasil, a ra\u00e7a foi minguando no pa\u00eds natal, misturada com outros tipos de gado sem que houvesse avan\u00e7os relevantes em produtividade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"22\" data-block-id=\"75\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">E na \u00cdndia, pa\u00eds em que parte da popula\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 vegetariana, o leite de vaca tem papel crucial como fonte de prote\u00edna.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"36\" data-block-id=\"76\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Sagrados no Hindu\u00edsmo, bois e vacas n\u00e3o podem ser abatidos para o consumo da carne na \u00cdndia. No Estado de Guajarat, terra natal do Gir, a pena por matar uma vaca pode chegar \u00e0 pris\u00e3o perp\u00e9tua.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"23\" data-block-id=\"77\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Neto de Celso Garcia Cid, o pecuarista Guilherme Sachetim diz que a fazenda que importou o touro Krishna sempre respeitou as tradi\u00e7\u00f5es indianas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"16\" data-block-id=\"78\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">&#8220;Nossas vacas aqui morrem de velhice, de artrose ou por inani\u00e7\u00e3o, quando n\u00e3o conseguem mais comer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-media content-media--normal content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"79\">\n<div class=\"content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media__image-centered\">\n<div class=\"progressive-img can-open-lightbox\" data-min-size=\"1008x567\" data-min-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/9bqfqjIgOvFo6TesmytjQIFjkPY=\/0x0:976x549\/1008x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/P\/l\/7l17J1QTyYvLhebjFkRA\/bbvc10.jpg\" data-max-size=\"1600x900\" data-max-size-url=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/WGMWG14P5VCAnPVYuoj6s7Ho81s=\/0x0:976x549\/1600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/P\/l\/7l17J1QTyYvLhebjFkRA\/bbvc10.jpg\" data-media-index=\"10\">\n<div class=\"placeholder-container\"><\/div>\n<picture><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image content-media__image progressive-loaded\" title=\"Cid com o touro Krishna-Sakina, o Krishninha, um dos maiores reprodutores da hist\u00f3ria da pecu\u00e1ria nacional (Foto: BBC)\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/mLsAeQmx8jTAzGhJTs8Jao4CCbY=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/P\/l\/7l17J1QTyYvLhebjFkRA\/bbvc10.jpg\" alt=\"Cid com o touro Krishna-Sakina, o Krishninha, um dos maiores reprodutores da hist\u00f3ria da pecu\u00e1ria nacional (Foto: BBC)\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s2.glbimg.com\/mLsAeQmx8jTAzGhJTs8Jao4CCbY=\/0x0:976x549\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2018\/P\/l\/7l17J1QTyYvLhebjFkRA\/bbvc10.jpg\" \/><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-media__description-centered \">\n<p class=\"content-media__description\"><i class=\"content-media__description__icon theme-color-primary\"><\/i><span class=\"content-media__description__caption\">Cid com o touro Krishna-Sakina, o Krishninha, um dos maiores reprodutores da hist\u00f3ria da pecu\u00e1ria nacional (Foto: BBC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"27\" data-block-id=\"80\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Sachetim conta que, ap\u00f3s negociar parte do rebanho com Cid, o maraj\u00e1 de Bhavnagar veio ao Brasil para ver como os touros e vacas estavam sendo tratados.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"45\" data-block-id=\"81\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">Segundo o pecuarista, o indiano ficou t\u00e3o impressionado que, antes de morrer, em 1965, doou todas as vacas Gir para o fazendeiro. A fam\u00edlia emoldurou a carta em que o maraj\u00e1 expressava o desejo, mas, por causa de restri\u00e7\u00f5es sanit\u00e1rias, jamais conseguiu trazer os animais.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-track-category=\"fim do conteudo\" data-track-action=\"ultimo chunk conteudo\" data-track-noninteraction=\"false\" data-track-scroll=\"entrada completa viewport\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"38\" data-block-id=\"83\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\">&#8220;O maraj\u00e1 viu que aqui os touros e as vacas recebiam tratamento de verdadeiros reis, m\u00e3es e rainhas. 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