The suffering behind milk: Dairy cows are not milk-producing machines
The suffering behind milk
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Stop the suffering behind the abuse of animal milk: Dairy cows are not milk-producing machines to imagine a life, from birth to death, they are treated like a machine, and they are extracted as much as possible, and after they have no use value, they end up being cruelly killed.This harsh fact is a portrayal of the life of a dairy cow.
Four young American producers have recently traveled across the country to visit ranches, farms, visit many dairy industries, discover the truth behind milk, and produce the eye-opening documentary The Truth of Milk, which is expected to be released in spring 2010.Supreme Master TV interviewed two vegans, director, producer and screenwriter, Sheralian, and the sound mixer, Jennifer Resie Yadi, to tell everyone how making this movie changes their lives.
Sheilan: "I was a meat-eating person, but once I made this documentary, I couldn't touch meat anymore. I knew how it affects my body and how it affects the environment."
The director was particularly shocked by the dirty and disgusting environment in which the cows were in.
Jennifer Resiadee: "When we went to certain ranches and these milk farms, we were surprised by the situation where the animals were. They stood in their own feces all day and couldn't walk around and couldn't walk a few steps left and right. How could we be healthy?How could I look at those animals and say: That's right, should other animals be treated in this way?"
When Ms. Lian En and Ms. Rui Siyadi discovered that the cows were forced to continue to produce milk, they were also deeply uneasy.
Shiralian: "A cow must be pregnant every year to produce milk for us, just as a mother needs to have milk before she can get pregnant, and then the calf is taken away from the cow so that the calf will not drink the milk that is to be given to others.So it is a terrible feeling to separate the calf from her mother, and the mother will feel bad because she is in quarantine.The calf stood in his own excrement and couldn't even turn around.You see hundreds of calves like this."
India, which produces the largest milk production in the world, has produced a movie for the abused and tortured cow friends. Although the image comes from India, the horror described is similar to the experiences of other dairy cows in the world.The following is excerpted from the documentary "The Dairy Industry in India"
Dairy cows, buffaloes or other animals that raise milk to produce all have basic needs like us, including food, water, shelter, friendship, and freedom to move everywhere.They feel pain like we will have some understanding of the world they live in, otherwise they cannot survive.Raising animals that produce milk is forced to endure great pain and torture.In recent decades, more and more industrialized industries have turned them into milk production machines.In 2007, India produced nearly 100 million tons of milk, 15% more than the United States and three times more than China.
All mammals that raise milk to produce milk need to be pregnant before they can secrete milk.Usually, animals that raise milk produce a calf every year, that is, at least seven months a year is used to get pregnant and feed. Letting the cattle give birth within three months is to deliberately ask him to get pregnant again, sometimes through artificial means.Artificial insemination is the collection and storage of bulls' sperm, and then artificially implanted into the cow's reproductive tract to achieve the goal. Barefoot doctors who ignore basic medical standards perform artificial insemination of animals.PETA investigators observed that artificial insemination ejectors are rarely disinfected, and the syringes and needles are not disinfected, and they are repeatedly used on different animals.The barefoot doctor will rudely insert his soapy hands into the animal's uterus, causing great pain to the cow and facing the crisis of infection and disease.
Today, the milk cows and buffaloes raised in India have been milked again and again, and the machine can easily squeeze out more milk than animals. The staff are always careless. Often the animal's breasts are empty and the machine is still running. (It is obvious in the video that the nipples of the cow's idler were red, swollen and peeled due to the idling of the machine for a long time. )。
Most cattle that raise dairy products are strongly restricted, which makes them unable to get the most fundamental wish - like the calves that raise them.They are treated like milk production machines and are injected with hormones, allowing them to produce more milk.Most cows are tied with iron chains to a narrow cowshed and cannot be stretched or moved normally.The lack of proper food makes them indigestion and suffers from inability to exercise, and leads to lameness.
Many dairy farms do not have drainage facilities, electricity or place to dispose of animal excrement, and buffalo stands in feet of stinky mud, suffering from skin infections, foot disease, tuberculosis and other diseases.Here are some horrible situations observed by investigators from the Indian Animal Treatment Organization:
The newborn calf is tied tightly to the stump.
The animals are covered with their own excrement.
Because no one cared for the buffalo that was frequently produced, the calf died from production.
Some buffaloes had vaginas bleeding, but the staff didn't care.
Containers of milk are placed near open gutters, which can cause contamination.
Small farms are full of flies hanging on containers and buckets, which may also contaminate milk.
People wash and defecate near milk containers.The dead calf lies near the bullpen.
Bulls that have no commercial value for the dairy industry are tied up with ropes until they cannot even lift their heads.These calves are usually sold to slaughterhouses to get their skins.
《Treatment of dead cattle
In the video, you can see the shriveled corpses of the little bull being treated as garbage debris. Workers carry them onto the truck and throw them into the truck to spread them, accompanied by flies.
《Oxytocin
Oxytocin is a table H medicine, that is, medicines that cannot be bought and sold without a prescription.However, it is used in the dairy industry, even if it is illegal, it is abused on cows, making them produce more milk.Oxytocin causes severe stomach cramps in cows, like a labor pain, which can make bones fragile and also causes them to stop producing cow milk in just three years.At that time, they were usually allowed to fend for themselves on the street.
《"The Truth of Milk" also reveals that cows in North America also regularly inject similar hormones, which have horrible results for both cows and those who eat dairy products.
Sheilan: “Hormones are used to make things grow, and that’s what it does.They injected the cattle rBGH It is a growth hormone that stimulates 10% more milk production, which will have some impact.First of all, it will increase the growth factor in milk, which is a hormone that can cause breast cancer. This is known, and it is also because cows are not allowed to be injected in other parts of the world. rBGH。 Second, this 10% adds a lot of pressure to the milk glands of the cow, and in order to squeeze more milk, the milk cows have mastitis, that is, the breast glands are infected. Because they are squeezed, they have to squeeze three times a day. These infections enter the milk, which is called somatic cell count, and dairy farmers use this to calculate.After this somatic cell number is infected, pus will appear in the milk."
According to India's PETA, when gentle and elegant cows cannot be used to produce milk, they are directly treated as a terrible end.Under natural circumstances, a dairy cow can live to 180 years old, but the dairy cows that are raised to produce milk are sent to the slaughterhouse for their meat and skin.The cows were transported to states where the law allowed slaughter, and the animals were hoofed and tied together, embarking on a journey of death with horror.This may last for several days.
Workers driving livestock pull ropes through their nostrils, twisting their necks, horns and tails to force them to move forward, and workers do not need to move ramps when guiding or forcing cattle down the guardrail and getting on and off the truck, causing them to be injured. (In the video, the cow fell heavily to the ground because he couldn't climb the truck, but the workers just pulled the rope through their nostrils and asked them to climb onto the truck by themselves. )，Such as pelvis, legs, ribs, and horns rupture.Workers who drove livestock also used peppers and tobacco to wipe them on their eyes to drive them forward. By the time they arrived at the slaughterhouse, half of the animals were dead, and those who survived had to watch each other be killed.
Slaughterers usually use a slow knife to chop, chop and saw the cattle. All these are unwise, unequivocally, without strength, without social status or civil rights. The suffering and torture of pain are not good in itself and should have been avoided.
Say to cheese or milk, “No!”There are many nutritious and delicious recipes available now.In India, soy milk is available everywhere. Soybeans do not contain cruel ingredients and are rich in protein and nutrition.
May all cows be treated with respect and love!
