Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cewar Mark Doyle, Kukas na Sikhism (wanda ake kira Namdharis) ne suka fara kungiyoyin kare shanu na farko a yankin Indiya. Sikh Kukas ko Namdharis suna tayar da hankali don kare shanu bayan Birtaniya
da aka haɗe da Punjab. A shekara ta 1871, in ji Peter van der Veer, Sikhs sun kashe masu yankan shanu na Musulmai a Amritsar da Ludhiana, kuma suna kallon kare shanu a matsayin "alamar ingancin ɗabi'ar jihar". A cewar Barbara Metcalf da Thomas Metcalf, Sikhs suna tayar da hankali don jin daɗin shanu a cikin shekarun 1860, kuma ra'ayoyinsu sun bazu zuwa ƙungiyoyin gyaran Hindu. Rikicin da ya shafi kare shanu ya ci gaba a lokuta da yawa, sau da yawa a lokacin bikin musulmi na Bakri-Id, a farkon rabin karni na 20.