Studios in smaller towns around Indian bordering villages in Murshidabad district in West Bengal are now doing good business photographing cattle- mostly cows- and their owners. The photo of the animal and its owner is to be affixed on the Cattle ID Card

Studios in smaller towns around Indian bordering villages in Murshidabad district in West Bengal are now doing good business photographing cattle- mostly cows- and their owners. The photo of the animal and its owner is to be affixed on the Cattle ID Card of the cow. "It is a big hassle to photograph the animals inside a studio because they often react to flashguns frighteningly. The other day one cow jumped in fear at the light of the flashgun. After almost each shooting I need to clean the studio floor of cow dung and urine," said Pintu Mandal, a photographer in border town of Jalangi, who is getting at least 20 cattle photo assignments a day right now. (Photo by SHAIKH AZIZUR RAHMAN/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)