Posted March 13, 2012 by peta2 staff
A few years ago while interning at Farm Sanctuary’s Animal Acres, my roommate and I decided to take a trip with the sanctuary’s manager to see the truth behind the dairy industry. Chino, California, was the destination.
When we arrived in Chino, the smell in the air was very strong. It was the smell of dairy farms.
While checking out the area, we found two dead calves on the side of the road. This is not an uncommon sight at dairy farms. The dairy industry is so hungry for money that it often won’t allow calves to have their mother’s milk.
No animal deserves to be neglected, abused, and exploited. It may be too late for these babies, but lots of others need your help! Pledge to save babies by ditching dairy products, and educate yourself on the many delicious, cruelty-free nondairy options available.
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410 days ago
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IF WE DO NOTHING TO HELP THESE CREATURES, WE DO A MOCKERY OF THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF JUSTICE.
DAMN GREED!!
413 days ago
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I drive buy there all the time and NEVER i repeat NEVER seen something like that. That just proves how sneaky animal abusers will go to make a few buck$!
419 days ago
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Tha cruelty is a shame !
Giovanna
Italia
421 days ago
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It is one more reason why I became a vegan….
422 days ago
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compassion is not so hard……
423 days ago
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Soy Milk tastes better anyway
424 days ago
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Poor things!!
425 days ago
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Many of these poor babies are sent to auction within days/hours of birth and are bought by kill-buyers. There is a group that goes to buy them just to get them away from those kind of people. Even though they know there are extreme difficulties even getting them to feed, etc. they do their best to make them as comfortable as possible. Since almost no one wants them (especially the males) they are then humanely euthanized – all within a couple of days of birth – such a terrible waste of an innocent being. All so that the ‘beautiful people’ can tout the virtues of milk – they never saw the unwanted by-product or bothered to educate themselves before promoting it.
425 days ago
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Looks like I’m switching from regular milk to soy milk.
425 days ago
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This is so felony wrong.
425 days ago
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This is so felony wrong.
425 days ago
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The cruelty that exists in our country is rampant and must be stopped! These people must lose their jobs since they cannot control their cruel instincts! Shameful and so very sad!
425 days ago
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I wish more people knew about the horrible condtions cows endure on dairy farms but of course the Dairy Industry hides all the abuse behind closed doors. Instead, they air commercials of happy families drinking their milk.
Cows milk is for baby cows!!!
425 days ago
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That’s why I call it “murder juice”!
426 days ago
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the poor babies that are taken from thier mothers when born.The calf is taken from mum (she is put straight in the milking shed as humans want her babies milk)the calf is thrown into a pen ready for collection- it cant even stand up its new born!! then a lorry comes around to collect them and they are thrown onto the lorry. The are driven for miles whilst collecting more from other places. Then they arrive at the final destination where they are unloaded shoved ‘wobbling on thier little legs’ to walk along a metal shoot where they are prodded up the backside with a stun prod then wobbling further they walk to their death – at the end of the shoot they drop into a huge mincer- (alive) This is the life of the ‘bobby calves’. The dairy industrys dirty secret. They call these poor darlings a ‘bi- product ‘ of the dairy industry.
This is outrageous, unacceptable, and must stop!!! you can read all about this on ‘care2′ web site and see the video footage showing exactly what I have just written- please visit the site and sign the petition and share if you care.
425 days ago
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I agree, I sign lots of petitions on the Care 2 site and also bring it up on forums in the discussions on my University course about how animals are treat in factory farms etc. sometimes people don’t know of the horrors of this and the fur industry, I think that magazines should publish information on this for free rather than carrying any advertisement for the dairy/fashion industry. There are ots of alternatives soya, hemp or almond.
426 days ago
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Sorry, Aidee. I’m allergic to almonds.
426 days ago
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Miserable and Abused Cows come from California…Well, at least that’s what the commercial should really say!!!
426 days ago
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This is so sad and shame on humans for treating these babies this way. Jane Velez Mitchell should do a show on how barbaric it is drinking milk. It is not good for humans for drink milk anyway. I have a lactose intolerance. It should be kept for the babies. Can’t the HSUS or the USDA get them fined for this barbaric and torturous treatment of these poos babies that are left to rot in the sun?? The poor things.
426 days ago
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This is evil. No animal needs to be treated that way. You will answer for your abuse someday as we are supposed to be taking care of what God has given us. We are responsible for their care not to abuse them. You should be ashamed and get real this looks like something that would go on a LONG TIME ago. Be kind as you wouldnt want to be treated that way.
426 days ago
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Sick bastards!
426 days ago
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This is all about permissive laws (or no law)! The low-lifes who perpetrate this kind of abuse to innocent, helpless cows, do it fearlessly and with relish! They are sick sadists whose employers pay no attention to what’s going on, and obviously, don’t care! All these “milk” farms who don’t pass stringent inspection, should be closed down forever! How can we make that happen? Contact your state representative and senators, and complain vigorously, and ask how to get a bill into legislation!
426 days ago
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Absolutely ridiculous. There is no need for this type of treatment towards our co-inhabitants. When will people get it? Devastating.
426 days ago
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I had no idea this was a consequence of milk production; this is inhumane and criminal.
I am going to change my dairy purchasing, I cannot be a part of this cruelty .
426 days ago
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OMFG!! I’m actually crying right now…hard. How can this be legal at ALL?? Why hire ANIMALS to take care of ANIMALS? Are you f*cking insane? This needs to get exposed fully to all the media!! Put these horrific videos on at TV at dinnertime!!
426 days ago
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I already drink non-dairy!
Thanks for the heads up! Poor moo-moos
426 days ago
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Those poor baby calves were probably hog-tied so they could toss them on the road alive to let them die a horrible death. There are no words to describe my hate for these kinds of people. They aren’t human
426 days ago
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I drink organic soy milk. I also drink hemp milk on a rare occasion.
426 days ago
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AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE AND CRUELTY THAT ANY MOTHER CAN IMAGINE. THIS IS A DISGRACE TO HUMANITY AND SHOULD NEVER EVER BE ALLOWED. TO INFLICT PHYSICAL CRUELTY ASWELL TO THE CALVES IS PURE DOWN RIGHT “EVIL”. THIS HAS TO BE STOPPED, THIS HAS TO BE CRIMINAL, THE BASTARDS WHO DO THIS MUST BE ARRESTED.
426 days ago
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I live in this cruel city.
427 days ago
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TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED!!!!!!!!!
SMH I SWEAR PEOPLE NEED MORE COMMON SENSE!
413 days ago
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I agree if everyone did THE WORLD WOULD BE A PERFECT PLACE! Let me tell you the reason all of this takes place……MONEY! MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL IT COMES RIGHT FROM HELL!
434 days ago
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OMG….
434 days ago
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OMG!!!! I am not happy that they taken away they baby calve away from there mother.!!!
That’s why i Drink Almond Milk!!! instead of milk.!!!!!
It is so sad.