Animal Equality Exposes: The Origin of Your Milk
The Origin of Milk: Uncover the hidden cruelty of the dairy industry with never-before-seen images from Animal Equality.
Animal Equality's findings expose disturbing patterns in the dairy industry. To produce milk, cows must first give birth. The calves are separated from their mothers just moments after being born to keep them from drinking her milk. When a cow's milk production decreases, she is sent to slaughter. Calves, lacking maternal care, are fed human milk replacers, confined in isolation, and denied natural behaviors.
New footage reveals workers mutilating young cows by removing their horns. This procedure includes cutting their skin with scissors and applying a burning paste, all conducted without the use of anesthesia. The dairy industry's preference for dehorned cows is driven by the ease of handling, as these animals are left defenseless.
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What do you picture when you pass the milk
aisle at the grocery store?
Do you think of happy cows
in green pastures?
This is what the dairy
industry wants you to believe.
But the reality is very different.
The industry does whatever it can
to hide the truth from you.
But these never-before-seen images show
the cruel origin of milk production.
To produce milk, cows must first give birth.
The calves are separated
from their mothers
just moments after being born
to keep them from drinking her milk.
Practices like this are purposely hidden.
Animal Equality’s
investigators have documented
the lives of these animals for years,
and now we're exposing
one of the most painful mutilations
performed on calves.
These never-before-seen images
show the process
of removing the horns of the young cows.
Workers cut the calves'
skin to get to their budding horns.
Then the workers apply a paste
that causes painful burns.
This is often performed
without anesthesia.
The dairy industry prefers cows
without horns
because they cannot defend themselves
and are easier to work with.
The calves will be bottle-fed
a milk replacer, while humans drink
the milk intended for them,
and they will live in isolation, away
from their mothers.
No matter how long they are
separated from their mothers,
the calves will cry out for them.
But no matter how hard they try,
they will never see their mom again.
In confinement,
the calves have nothing to encourage
their natural behaviors.
They will spend their lives unable
to play or socialize with other animals.
They will only interact with workers,
but it won't be gentle or pleasant.
You will never see this in milk
commercials.
You will never see
these faces on milk labels.
But now that you know the origin of milk,
you can help end this cruelty
by choosing delicious oat, soy,
and nut milk alternatives.
You can keep babies with their mothers,
and you can create a world
without animal suffering.
Compassion begins on your plate.
Visit LoveVeg.com to get started.