03/30/2021
Starting from the age of 15 months, momma cow will usually be artificially inseminated. Farmers mechanically draw semen from a bull, and then force the female cow into a narrow trap, known as a “cattle crush”, where they will brutally impregnate her.
When she gives birth, her calf will typically be removed within 36 hours, so the farmers can steal and sell you the milk that is meant for her baby. Wildlife experts say that a strong bond between cow and calf is formed quickly after birth. Following that callous separation, the mother will bellow and scream for days, wondering where her baby is. The answer depends on the gender of the calf. If male, he will probably either be shot and tossed into a bin, or sold to be raised for veal, which delays his death by just a matter of months. But if the calf is female, she will usually be prepared for her own entry into dairy production.
Momma cow then has her throat slit after usually around age five (sad and torturous years) – under natural circumstances she could have lived to 25.
So with Mother's Day coming up, perhaps we should spare a thought for all the non human animals out there who are used, exploited and killed in a brutal system called "dairy farming".
