Court Directs Government to Consider Declaring Cow as National Animal

The web context confirms that there have been judicial pronouncements and observations from high courts (Rajasthan and Allahabad) suggesting or directing the government to consider declaring the cow as the national animal. Reference 1 explicitly states that the Rajasthan High Court directed the state government to coordinate with the Centre to take steps to declare the cow a national animal and that the judge expected the government to do so.

Reference 2 mentions the Allahabad High Court observing that the cow should be declared the national animal. However, the original claim is phrased as 'The speaker is requesting...', implying a specific individual making a direct request.

The provided context focuses on judicial directives and observations, and a petition (Reference 5), rather than a singular 'speaker' making a direct request to the government. Therefore, while the sentiment of requesting the government to declare the cow as the national animal is supported by the context through judicial actions, the specific framing of 'the speaker' is not directly verifiable from the provided snippets. [1][2][3]