The phrase
"dairy calves" refers to young cows that are specifically bred and raised to produce milk.
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But the following video from Mercy for Animals
of dairy calves being beaten to death with a pick axe is about as disgusting as it gets.
She works mostly with small animals but also enjoys working with large animals — and she has an affinity
for dairy calves.
The cat flea has even been known to kill animals as large
as dairy calves through heavy infestation.
The company's brand of Nature Veal comes from milk -
fed dairy calves and is available in almost any cut or configuration that customers need.
Previously, DRAXXIN was approved only for use in nonlactating dairy cattle (cattle younger than 20 months of age,
including dairy calves) and beef cattle.
Wagenaar, Jan - Paul and Langhout, Jos (2007) Practical implications of increasing «natural living» through suckling systems in
organic dairy calf rearing.
The largest numbers of businesses
weaning dairy calves were reported in the Temperate Coast East and Wheatbelt East regions with 980 and 724 respectively, and the weaning rates 55 and 56 calves per 100 cows respectively.
The quality of colostrum — the nutrient - rich milk
newborn dairy calves first drink from their mothers — can be predicted by the mother's previous lactation performance and weather, according to new research from the NH Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire.
Now Tom Philpott over at Grist tweets that the video has been taken down from YouTube, has disappeared from his own excellent piece
on dairy calf abuse, and low - and - behold, it's gone from mine too.
When shocking videos
of dairy calves being bludgeoned in the head emerged, the response was universal disgust.
Vision supplied to Animals Australia has revealed a litany of daily horrors for the
unwanted dairy calves, pigs, cows, sheep and goats sent to one of Victoria's major slaughterhouses.
It is, for example, included in
a dairy calf starter feed by one company.
Just over a week ago I posted about a video of
dairy calves being bludgeoned in the head with a pick axe.