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Cows lined up in stalls inside a barn.
Cows lined up in stalls inside a barn.
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High-angle view of a circular rotary milking parlor with cows set in a ring.
High-angle view of a circular rotary milking parlor with cows set in a ring.
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A cow walks alongside a small trailer carrying calves being towed on a road.
A cow walks alongside a small trailer carrying calves being towed on a road.
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A cow lying down in a stall with its head on the ground.
A cow lying down in a stall with its head on the ground.
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Rear view of cows on a rotary milking platform equipped with milking machines.
Rear view of cows on a rotary milking platform equipped with milking machines.
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Aerial view of several large livestock sheds in foggy weather.
Aerial view of several large livestock sheds in foggy weather.
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Cows crowded or lying down in a narrow metal structure, handled by workers.
Cows crowded or lying down in a narrow metal structure, handled by workers.
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A cow runs alongside a small wire mesh trailer carrying young calves towed by a vehicle on a country road.
A cow runs alongside a small wire mesh trailer carrying young calves towed by a vehicle on a country road.
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A person hoses down a cow inside a barn.
A person hoses down a cow inside a barn.
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Several people tend to a cow in a professional studio-like setup with lighting equipment.
Several people tend to a cow in a professional studio-like setup with lighting equipment.
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A cow secured and tilted on a metal structure for hoof care.
A cow secured and tilted on a metal structure for hoof care.
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A cow held and lying on its side in a specialized transport vehicle or device.
A cow held and lying on its side in a specialized transport vehicle or device.
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Close-up of a person disbudding a young animal with a heated tool.
Close-up of a person disbudding a young animal with a heated tool.
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Young calves kept in individual wooden stalls with metal bars.
Young calves kept in individual wooden stalls with metal bars.
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A young calf kept in a cramped enclosure with straw and a heat lamp.
A young calf kept in a cramped enclosure with straw and a heat lamp.
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A cow fitted with a rumen cannula fistula on its flank inside a farm building.
A cow fitted with a rumen cannula fistula on its flank inside a farm building.
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A live cow looking at suspended carcasses in a slaughterhouse.
A live cow looking at suspended carcasses in a slaughterhouse.
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Close-up of a cow's head showing a bloody ear wound and blood stains on its face.
Close-up of a cow's head showing a bloody ear wound and blood stains on its face.
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A person holding a young animal in an enclosure in the presence of an adult cow.
A person holding a young animal in an enclosure in the presence of an adult cow.
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An animal on a mechanical conveyor in a processing facility, exposed to steam.
An animal on a mechanical conveyor in a processing facility, exposed to steam.
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An animal lying on its back on a conveyor inside a plant.
An animal lying on its back on a conveyor inside a plant.
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A person performing a procedure on the hindquarters of a cow using a sheathed device.
A person performing a procedure on the hindquarters of a cow using a sheathed device.
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Several outdoor calf hutches aligned and partially covered with snow.
Several outdoor calf hutches aligned and partially covered with snow.
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A cow restrained in a squeeze chute while a person works on its head.
A cow restrained in a squeeze chute while a person works on its head.
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A person using a mechanical cutting tool on the head of a restrained cow.
A person using a mechanical cutting tool on the head of a restrained cow.
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A cow lying on the ground with visceral tissue protruding from its flank.
A cow lying on the ground with visceral tissue protruding from its flank.
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A young calf standing at the entrance of an individual hutch surrounded by mud.
A young calf standing at the entrance of an individual hutch surrounded by mud.
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Close view of a large number of individual calf hutches aligned outdoors.
Close view of a large number of individual calf hutches aligned outdoors.
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Aerial view of a massive alignment of individual calf hutches in a field.
Aerial view of a massive alignment of individual calf hutches in a field.
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Several people in work clothes lined up to perform procedures on the hindquarters of a group of cows in a barn.
Several people in work clothes lined up to perform procedures on the hindquarters of a group of cows in a barn.
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Close-up of a cow's head wearing a spiked nose ring.
Close-up of a cow's head wearing a spiked nose ring.
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Spiked metal device designed to be attached to an animal's muzzle.
Spiked metal device designed to be attached to an animal's muzzle.
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Arc-shaped metal device equipped with several sharp spikes, designed to attach to the animal's muzzle.
Arc-shaped metal device equipped with several sharp spikes, designed to attach to the animal's muzzle.
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A cow in a pasture wearing a nose ring with a plate that prevents suckling.
A cow in a pasture wearing a nose ring with a plate that prevents suckling.
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Close-up of the head of a young calf wearing a yellow plastic nose ring equipped with spikes.
Close-up of the head of a young calf wearing a yellow plastic nose ring equipped with spikes.
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Fan-shaped device with metal spikes, used as a nasal weaning device.
Fan-shaped device with metal spikes, used as a nasal weaning device.
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Close view of a cow in a stall wearing a yellow plastic nasal weaning device with spikes.
Close view of a cow in a stall wearing a yellow plastic nasal weaning device with spikes.
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Metal nasal weaning device with three sharp triangular spikes.
Metal nasal weaning device with three sharp triangular spikes.
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Two people in cowboy attire immobilizing a calf on the ground to perform hot-iron branding.
Two people in cowboy attire immobilizing a calf on the ground to perform hot-iron branding.
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Hot-iron branding procedure on a young calf held on the ground by several people in a pen.
Hot-iron branding procedure on a young calf held on the ground by several people in a pen.
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Close-up of a young black bovine wearing an orange plastic nose ring equipped with spikes.
Close-up of a young black bovine wearing an orange plastic nose ring equipped with spikes.
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Close-up view of a light-colored cow grazing grass while wearing a spiky orange nasal weaning device.
Close-up view of a light-colored cow grazing grass while wearing a spiky orange nasal weaning device.
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A person wearing an apron and holding a firearm in a narrow alley surrounded by young calves.
A person wearing an apron and holding a firearm in a narrow alley surrounded by young calves.

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Cattle and Dairy Farming

We know that cows are beings with the capacity to experience complex emotions. It has been scientifically proven, with numerous data, that they possess the same neurological substrate generating consciousness as humans.


Regardless of the label, there is no way to obtain dairy products that do not cause suffering to these animals. Cows endure a range of physical suffering, stress, and fear, whether the farm is organic, free-range, grass-fed, etc. They are attached to brutal milking devices that inflict electric shocks and often cause abrasions. Their extra teats are cut off, their horns are mostly sliced off, they are mutilated while fully conscious, for example, having their tails docked. Cows, understandably, do not want to cooperate, so they are punched and beaten with sticks, their tails are twisted, they are poked with pitchforks, stabbed, etc. They spend their lives, in almost all cases, without exercise, on concrete or metal amid their own urine and feces, and end up becoming lame, like 100% of cows that do not live on pasture. There is more suffering in a glass of milk or a piece of cheese than in a piece of flesh, because even though animals consumed for their flesh live a life of misery and are killed in terror and pain, they die young.


1. THE FORCED REPRODUCTION CYCLE AND REPRODUCTIVE EXPLOITATION

To produce milk, bulls must be masturbated by hand or with an electro-ejaculator inserted into the anus until ejaculation. Cows are confined (often chained in tethered stalls) and repeatedly, forcibly inseminated: a farm worker inserts their hand into the cow's sexual opening and injects semen using a steel device or a semen gun to fertilize her. In smaller farms where farmers have only a few cows, when the cows see or hear the veterinarian arriving, they move as far away as possible because they remember the gun that will be forced inside them. Cows are not meant to be constantly pregnant, yet they are kept in a continuous cycle of gestation and lactation until their bodies are completely exhausted. While they could live about 25 years in nature, they are slaughtered between 4 and 6 years of age when they are completely spent. Furthermore, to maximize profits upon slaughter, farmers often arrange for cows to be pregnant again and ready to give birth right as they go to the slaughterhouse.


2. CALF THEFT AND MATERNAL HEARTBREAK

Immediately after giving birth, calves are ripped away from their mothers so that the milk produced for them can be sold to humans. This separation causes immense shock, leaving the bewildered mothers crying in distress, bellowing, and searching for their baby for days, sometimes weeks. Male babies, considered a worthless byproduct of the dairy industry, are either shot in the head shortly after birth, or castrated, isolated in individual stalls inside calf pens, dehorned with or without anesthesia, fed a soy-based milk replacer, and condemned to a short life of suffering before being slaughtered for veal. The vast majority of females will face the exact same tragic fate as their mothers.


3. SPECIFIC PRACTICES ON SO-CALLED \"ORGANIC\" FARMS

One might mistakenly believe that cows on organic farms are spared, but it is quite the opposite. Since they cannot receive antibiotics for mammary gland or udder inflammation (bacterial mastitis contracted due to teats damaged by machines), and because they live in unnatural conditions, barbaric methods are applied: a special tool is screwed into their udder and pulled downward with force, inflicting excruciating pain—a procedure that must be repeated multiple times.


4. EXTREME CONDITIONS AND MUTILATIONS IN FACTORY FARMS

Practically all dairy products come from industrial systems where 92% of cows spend their days tethered to a post. In addition to electric shocks, abrasions, and beatings, some cows undergo extreme mutilation surgeries, becoming "cannulated cows" or "fistulated cows," meaning their flank is pierced and sealed with a plastic plug to allow researchers and farmers to directly inspect their stomach and digestion without any regard for their physical integrity.

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