| Cruelty in the Animal Industry: Living creatures being treated as mass-producing machines |
- Cows produce milk for the same reason humans do—to
nourish their babies. To keep producing milk, cows are
forcibly impregnated through artificial insemination every
year. The cow's babies are generally taken away within a day
of being born—male calves are destined for veal crates, while
females are sentenced to the same fate as their mothers.
Mother cows on dairy farms can often be seen searching and
calling for their babies long after they have been taken away.
The mother cow will be hooked up several times a day to
machines that take the milk intended for her calf. Through
genetic manipulation, powerful hormones, and intensive
milking, she will produce about three times as much milk as
she would naturally.
Veal Factory Farms
Calves raised for veal are confined to dark, tiny crates in which they are chained by the
neck to keep them almost completely immobilized so that their flesh stays tender. The
calves are fed a liquid diet that is low in iron and has little nutritive value in order to make
their flesh white. This heinous treatment makes the calves ill, and they frequently suffer
from anemia, diarrhea, and pneumonia. Frightened, sick, and alone, they are killed after
only a few months of life.
Calves raised for veal are confined to dark, tiny crates in which they are chained by the
neck to keep them almost completely immobilized so that their flesh stays tender. The
calves are fed a liquid diet that is low in iron and has little nutritive value in order to make
their flesh white. This heinous treatment makes the calves ill, and they frequently suffer
from anemia, diarrhea, and pneumonia. Frightened, sick, and alone, they are killed after
only a few months of life.
Because of the cramped, filthy conditions in which they are kept, many calves raised for
veal are very ill by the time they are loaded onto transport trucks. The short trip from
their tiny pens to the transport truck may be the first time that these calves have a
chance to walk. Some calves, like those in this photo, die before they can be taken to the
slaughterhouse. These dead calves were dumped by a dairy company on the side of a
highway in California.
veal are very ill by the time they are loaded onto transport trucks. The short trip from
their tiny pens to the transport truck may be the first time that these calves have a
chance to walk. Some calves, like those in this photo, die before they can be taken to the
slaughterhouse. These dead calves were dumped by a dairy company on the side of a
highway in California.
According to research published in the Journal of Animal Science, 36 percent of cows raised for beef and 39 percent of cows raised
for milk show signs of lameness and crippling by the time they arrive at slaughter. Many are frozen to the sides of the truck or close to
death from heat exhaustion upon arrival. Those who can't walk at all are called "downers."
for milk show signs of lameness and crippling by the time they arrive at slaughter. Many are frozen to the sides of the truck or close to
death from heat exhaustion upon arrival. Those who can't walk at all are called "downers."
- COWS
Transport & Slaughter
Workers kick the cows or use electric prods to force them into pens before loading them onto trucks bound for the slaughterhouse.
Cows are transported many miles without food or water through all weather extremes. In hot weather, the cows often collapse in the
heat, and in the cold, cows sometimes freeze to the side of the truck and workers pry them off with crowbars.
Workers saw cow's heads off during slaughter. Scientists know that the brain and spinal material of cows can cause the human
variant of mad cow disease if consumed by humans, but the fast and shoddy butchering of the animals often causes brain and spinal
material to spatter onto meat that is sold to the public. A study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2002 found that 35 percent of
cow flesh contained “unacceptable nervous [system] tissues” that could cause the human variant of mad cow disease.
Workers kick the cows or use electric prods to force them into pens before loading them onto trucks bound for the slaughterhouse.
Cows are transported many miles without food or water through all weather extremes. In hot weather, the cows often collapse in the
heat, and in the cold, cows sometimes freeze to the side of the truck and workers pry them off with crowbars.
Workers saw cow's heads off during slaughter. Scientists know that the brain and spinal material of cows can cause the human
variant of mad cow disease if consumed by humans, but the fast and shoddy butchering of the animals often causes brain and spinal
material to spatter onto meat that is sold to the public. A study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2002 found that 35 percent of
cow flesh contained “unacceptable nervous [system] tissues” that could cause the human variant of mad cow disease.
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