They know that many consumers of milk would find the callous treatment of
bobby calves completely unacceptable and rethink their financial support of the industry.
If the treatment of
bobby calves is to improve, it is imperative that the industry becomes accountable and for the public to exercise their consumer power.
I find the separation and slaughter of week - old
bobby calves particularly upsetting.
To produce milk, a cow must have a calf every year and most of
these bobby calves are slaughtered.
Each year hundreds of thousands of
bobby calves across Australia are discarded as «waste products» of the dairy industry.
Dairy's dark secret may leave a sour taste in your mouth... Hundreds of thousands of week - old
bobby calves are killed as «waste products» of this industry each year — just so humans can drink their mothers» milk.
The treatment of
bobby calves has been a long - held secret of the dairy industry.