Cattle theft is a big problem in India. It might sound silly to most people in west but being a still developing(poor) country with major population still being dependent on agriculture, large population owns cattle unlike US/Canada where a small percentage of ranchers are large cattle owners. It is very common for a small family in village to own a couple of cows and a big portion of their wealth is the cattle. Since cattle are not RFID marked a neighbor can easily steal the cows. Police has to regularly deal with such cases in rural India that someones calf is stolen. That poor family was depending on raising that calf or selling the milk for next few years. It is a serious economic setback for them.