In Regards to Footage of Animal Cruelty at a NZ Dairy
Thursday, 28 June 2018, 3:52 pm
Press Release: PETA
In regards to the recent footage of animal cruelty at
a NZ Dairy, please see below statement from PETA
spokesperson Emma Hurst:
This footage follows a recent
PETA exposé of Australia's second largest milk co-operative
– where a worker was seen violently bludgeoning a calf to
death with a hammer, sick and lame animals were left without
needed veterinary treatment for days, and a live cow was
dragged by the neck through the mud after repeated attempts
to kill her with a captive-bolt gun failed.
Abuse in the
dairy industry is the norm. Every year, New Zealand's almost
5 million dairy cows give birth to more than 2 million
"bobby calves", who are torn from their mothers within
hours of birth and killed, often extremely violently. Worth
little to the dairy farmer, bobby calves often do not
receive even basic care. After about four days, the
youngsters are crammed onto trucks and transported, often
over long distances, to face a terrifying and painful
slaughter.
People who find cruelty like this hard to
swallow can do their part by switching from cows' milk to
kinder and healthier options, such as almond, soy, or other
vegan
milks.
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