Six days after an ailing cow was abandoned in a closed shop at Goregaon, the animal was rescued last Thursday and taken to BSPCA hospital in Parel, but it could not be saved, a report in Times of India read.

The incident came to light after an animal rights activist was appraised of a cow moaning in pain at Jawahar Nagar in Goregaon (West). He went to the shop with police personnel where the cow was found in a deplorable condition with maggots in its eyes and other body parts.