MILK
MISERY
MISERY
Behind nearly every glass of milk and slice of cheese there is a story of extreme animal cruelty and exploitation. A new Mercy For Animals undercover investigation reveals horrific animal abuse at Canada’s largest dairy factory farm.
THIS INVESTIGATION DOCUMENTED HORRIFIC ABUSES:
Workers viciously kicking, punching, beating, and hitting cows in the face and body with chains, canes, metal pipes, and rakes
Sick and injured cows suffering from open wounds, oozing infections, and painful injuries left to suffer without proper veterinary care
Workers using chains and tractors to lift sick and injured cows by their necks
Workers poking and squeezing festering wounds, ripping clumps of hair out of cows' sensitive tails, and punching bulls in the testicles
CRUELTY CRITICS
“The actions observed in this video are the most severe cases of animal abuse I have ever seen in 32 years as a bovine veterinarian.” Dr. James Reynolds “Not only is there a complete disregard for the animals' welfare, but there seems to be great hatred directed at the cows.” Dr. Mary Richardson “[T]his facility obviously tolerates and promotes a culture of abuse, cruelty and disregard for the welfare of the cows. … [T]he treatment of the cows in this facility is inhumane and completely unacceptable.” Dr. Lee Schrader “A culture of overt cruelty and abuse is permitted to flourish in this facility. The workers in this video that are caught in abusive behavior toward cows and those that are permitting it to happen should never work with animals again.” Dr. Debra Teachout “[T]he employees at this dairy demonstrated a disturbing level of callousness and obvious pleasure in abusing these good-natured, often debilitated animals.” Dr. Debora Zimmermann “The footage depicts gross mistreatment of multiple cows. ... All of these actions would have resulted in unnecessary and unjustifiable pain and suffering.” Dr. Katherine van Ekert Onay “The way these cows are handled is completely inexcusable and undeniably poor welfare practice.” Dr. Armaiti May |