Re: Cow Parade
Pakistani Dragon,
each worship has some meaning in Hindusim, in your view it is just animals but the meaning behind them is
Monkey is Hanuman and it reflects Strength, Courage and Power God, when ever you feel scared, people recite Hanuman Chalisa ( 40 sentences of Hanuman ) to get some courage
Nobody worship Tiger in Hinduism it is Narasimha means it is Half Man and Half Tiger, the story behind this there was a Rakseh (devil) name Hiranyakashyap from whose rule people are suffered and they pray to lord Vishnu for Help
Hiranyakashyap has Boon of no animal or god or human can kill him, nether he can be killed on day or night nor inside house or outside house… e.t.c
then Lord Vishnu took incarnation of Narsimha who is half animal and half Human and he killed him
so people worship Lord Vishnu incarnation of Narasimha
as per snakes. as main occupation of most of the indians is Agriculture and snakes play a important role snakes eat rats and other things which harm crops and help the farmers in protecting the crops, and where as snakes can create harm to farmers too, they pray to snakes to protect the crops and protect them
as you know Monkeys, Tigers, Snakes can not be worshipped live they prepare idols and worship them 
where as cow you can worship live so there are no idols for cows
