Note also how the problem stems from the UK authorities realising "huh...there are a lot of dangerous snakes here...maybe we should fix that" and assuming the jeets would not willingly and knowingly make the problem ten times worse for themselves just for the sake of a quick profit at the expense of everyone
Speaking of which I found this while lurking r/IndiaSpeaks and it was so fucking embarrassing I have to share it
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They somehow managed to turn the story of when bemused British officials fresh from conquering the subcontinent watched jeets be crushed to a fecal paste beneath the wheels of their own religious parade floats into MIGHTY INDIA DEFEATS THE BRITISHERS AGAIN SAAAAAAR
Hell a quick wiki check
suggests Europe had already heard about jeets being accidentally/sometimes intentionally crushed by these things as part of their retarded traditions back in the 14th century which would mean that round about the time of the Hundred Years War there were already rumours spreading as to how hilariously fucking retarded India was