Mercy for Animals - New York's Largest Dairy Farm Investigation
Summary
TLDRThe undercover investigation by Mercy For Animals reveals the grim reality of New York's largest dairy factory farm, where cows suffer from untreated infections, are subjected to painful procedures without anesthesia, and endure overcrowded, filthy conditions. Newborn calves are separated from their mothers, and male calves are killed due to their lack of milk production value. The video urges consumers to consider the impact of their dietary choices and promotes a vegan lifestyle to end animal cruelty in the dairy industry.
Takeaways
- đ An undercover investigation by Mercy For Animals reveals inhumane conditions at New York's largest dairy factory farm.
- đ Cows are depicted as suffering from untreated infections, open wounds, and being subjected to overcrowded and filthy living conditions.
- đ¶ Newborn calves are shown being forcibly separated from their mothers, causing distress to both the calves and the cows.
- đŸ Factory farm cows are denied access to open pasture and natural behaviors, with concrete flooring covered in feces and urine.
- đ„ Workers are shown using a hot iron device to burn off calves' horns without anesthesia, a painful practice known as dehorning.
- đ€ Cows with injuries, including prolapsed uterus and swollen joints, are left to suffer without veterinary care.
- đ« The American Veterinary Medical Association condemns tail docking as unnecessary and painful, yet it is practiced in the dairy industry.
- đ« Workers are caught on camera abusing animals, including kicking, hitting, and using electric prods to force them to move.
- đ 'Downer' cows, those too sick or injured to stand, are left to suffer for extended periods without assistance.
- đŒ The dairy industry is shown to use genetic manipulation and hormone injections to force unnaturally high milk production from cows.
- đ± The script calls for consumers to adopt a vegan diet as a way to end the abuse of dairy cows, providing a link to chooseveg.com for more information.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the Mercy For Animals undercover investigation mentioned in the script?
-The investigation focuses on the conditions and treatment of cows at New York's largest Dairy factory farm, exposing their suffering and the inhumane practices within the dairy industry.
What are some of the cruel practices described in the script that cows endure on the factory farm?
-The script describes cows being subjected to dehorning without painkillers, tail docking, overcrowded and filthy living conditions, untreated infections, open wounds, and physical abuse by workers.
Why is tail docking condemned by the American Veterinary Medical Association?
-Tail docking is condemned as it is an unnecessary and painful procedure that involves cutting through the calf's sensitive skin and tailbones.
What is the term used for cows that are too sick or injured to walk?
-Cows that are too sick or injured to walk are referred to as 'downers'.
What is the psychological impact of separating calves from their mothers as described in the script?
-The separation causes significant distress and psychological trauma to both the mother cows and the calves, as evidenced by their vocal bellowing and frantic attempts to escape.
Why are male calves often killed after birth in the dairy industry?
-Male calves are killed because they do not produce milk and are therefore seen as unwanted by the dairy industry.
What is the average milk production per cow at the factory farm mentioned in the script?
-The average cow at the factory farm produces over 80 pounds of milk per day, an unnaturally high quantity induced by genetic manipulation and hormone injections.
What is the role of the growth hormone 'Pillac' mentioned in the script?
-Pillac is a growth hormone used to increase milk production in cows, but its use is suggested to increase lameness in cows and potentially pose cancer risks to humans.
What is the typical lifespan of a cow in the dairy industry compared to their natural lifespan?
-Cows in the dairy industry are typically worn out and sent to slaughterhouses around 5 years of age, which is a fraction of their natural lifespan.
What is the script's call to action for consumers who are disturbed by the conditions of dairy cows?
-The script encourages consumers to choose kindness over cruelty by adopting a vegan diet and visiting chooseveg.com for more information.
How does the script describe the living conditions of the cows on the factory farm?
-The script describes the living conditions as filthy, with manure coating the floors, overcrowding, and cows being denied access to open pasture and natural behaviors.
Outlines
đ Cruel Practices in Dairy Farming
This paragraph exposes the inhumane conditions at New York's largest dairy factory farm. It details the suffering of cows too sick or injured to stand, calves having their horns painfully burned off without anesthesia, and tails being cut off. The script also reveals the distressing separation of newborn calves from their mothers and the overcrowded, filthy living conditions of the animals. Workers are shown to be abusive, with instances of kicking and hitting, and the use of cruel methods to restrain the animals. The video emphasizes the lack of veterinary care for the animals' untreated infections and injuries, and the industry's acceptance of such practices.
đ« Inhumane Treatment and Factory Farm Norms
The second paragraph delves into the abusive handling of animals on factory farms, including kicking and punching cows, and the use of electric prods to force them into transport trucks. It highlights the filthy living conditions, with concrete floors covered in feces and urine, and the denial of natural behaviors for the cows. The script also discusses the physical and psychological trauma caused by separating calves from their mothers and the industry's reliance on growth hormones that increase milk production at the expense of the cows' health. The paragraph concludes with a call to action for consumers to consider the ethical implications of their dietary choices and to adopt a vegan diet to end the abuse.
Mindmap
Keywords
đĄUndercover investigation
đĄDairy factory farm
đĄDehorn
đĄTail docking
đĄUntreated infections
đĄDowners
đĄSeparation of calves
đĄGrowth hormones
đĄSlaughterhouse
đĄVegan diet
đĄAnimal welfare
Highlights
Undercover investigation exposes inhumane conditions in New York's largest Dairy factory farm.
Cows too sick or injured to stand are left to suffer without proper care.
Calves experience painful dehorning and tail docking without anesthesia.
American Veterinary Medical Association condemns tail docking as unnecessary and painful.
Workers use cruel methods to restrain and control animals, including forcefully shoving fingers into eyes.
Cows suffer from untreated infections, open wounds, and swollen joints.
Newborn calves are separated from their mothers, causing distress to both.
Dairy industry workers acknowledge the psychological trauma caused by calf separation.
Male calves, unwanted by the dairy industry, are often killed after being confined.
Animals are subjected to abusive handling, including being hit, kicked, and electrically shocked.
Cows are forced to stand on concrete flooring covered with a mixture of feces and urine.
Dairy cows are denied access to open pasture and natural behaviors are frustrated.
Cows are genetically manipulated and injected with hormones to produce unnaturally high milk quantities.
Use of growth hormones is linked to increased lameness in cows and potential cancer risks in humans.
Worn-out cows are shipped to slaughterhouses at a fraction of their natural lifespan.
Cows are curious, intelligent, and capable of experiencing emotions similar to dogs and cats.
Consumers are urged to adopt a vegan diet to end the abuse in the dairy industry.
For more information on adopting a vegan lifestyle, visit chooseveg.com.
Transcripts
a new Mercy For Animals undercover
investigation takes you behind the
closed doors of New York's largest Dairy
factory farm exposing cows too sick or
injured to stand calvs having their
horns burned off and Tails cut off
without painkillers cows suffering from
untreated infections and open wounds
newborn calvs being dragged away from
their mothers and cows subjected to
overcrowded and filthy living conditions
here a worker uses a hot Coty device to
painfully burn off the Cal's
horns a common dairy industry practice
known as
disputing no anesthesia was used to
reduce the calf's pain during this harsh
and invasive
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mutilation the worker forcefully shoves
his finger into her eye in a cruel
attempt to restrain and control her
this calf suffering is evident by her
vocal bellowing labored breathing and
frantic attempts to
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escape tail docking involves cutting
through the calf's sensitive skin and
tailbones the American Veterinary
Medical Association has condemned tail
docking as unnecessary and
painful cows with bloody open wounds pus
filled infections swollen joints and
other injuries were a common sight on
this factory
farm this cow suffers from a prolapsed
uterus mfa's investigator brought this
cow's painful condition to the attention
of co-workers yet she was left to suffer
for over two weeks
many wounds were caked with
feces no Veterinary Care was apparently
provided to most of these injured
animals as evident by the advanced
stages of their
injuries pus drips from this infected
wound cows too sick or injured to walk
are called downers
at this factory farm many downed cows
were left to suffer for days or
weeks tracks can be seen in the straw
surrounding this down Cow evidence of
her prolonged struggle to
stand this exhausted cow stumbles to the
ground on her way to the milking
area workers kick and hit her as they
force her to
stand cows are extremely gentle and
affectionate animals forming strong
bonds particularly between mother and
child like all mammals cows produce milk
for their young yet calves born in the
dairy industry are dragged away from
their mothers within days of birth
here workers separate newborn calves
from their mothers dragging the babies
into isolated
pens this is the last time these young
cats will see their mothers
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many mother cows Bellow in distress
after their calves are
taken workers in the dairy industry
acknowledge the psychological trauma
such separation causes they ever get mad
when you take the kids yes yeah they
start [Â __Â ]
uh yeah come crazy what come crazy when
I take the babies
this dying calf Bellows out in distress
as he slowly
dies male calves unwanted by the dairy
industry because they do not produce
milk are often confined and then killed
for
ve frightened and panicked animals are
often loaded onto transport trucks by
workers who hit kick and electrically
shock them on the left a worker can be
seen abusively shocking the cows with
electric
prods these panic cows slip on the
concrete floors as they jump off the
transport
trucks such dangerous unloading can
injure the
animals abusive handling of animals is
common on factory farms so while he was
down in coold I walked around behind him
and I started kiing him in the balls
that's the fifth time you're going to
get the fist next time probably why I
got
big from punching cows probably what you
think that Wren did to her I don't know
what' you do with it cracked her right
over the [Â __Â ]
skull [Â __Â ] kicking her hting her
[Â __Â ] jumping off the top of the
goddamn gate stomping her her head and
[Â __Â ] this is what happens when you [Â __Â ]
with us oh you're
pissed man get in front of them grab
your [Â __Â ] head grab your [Â __Â ] nose
and the back and your ear on one side
Wham on her side uhhuh and just [Â __Â ]
hold her head and just start [Â __Â ]
punching the [Â __Â ] out of Jus Christ you
stupid
[Â __Â ] Bam
Bam approximately 9 million cows are
used for milk production annually in the
United
States the vast majority live in
conditions similar to
this day in and day out cows at this
factory farm were forced to stand on
concrete flooring covered with a mixture
of feces and
urine unable to access open pasture
nearly all of the cow's natural
behaviors are denied or frustrated on
Industrial factory farms
filthy living conditions are an industry
Norm manure coats the floor surrounding
the milking
area the majority of today's dairy cows
endure milking several times a day in an
area like
this rows of small stalls conf find cows
a worker moves down the line attaching
the milking devices to the cow's
utters suffering from leg injuries kaked
in manure these cows are forced to stand
on hard concrete during the milking
process the average cow at this factory
farm produces over 80 lb of milk a day
an unnaturally High quantity induced by
genetic manipulation and hormone
injections cows at Willet Dairy were
routinely injected with pillac a growth
hormone used to increase milk
production studies suggest that the use
of such growth hormones increases
lameness in cows and cancer risks in
humans the bodies of dead cows and cows
were a common sight at this factory
farm for these cows conditions on the
factory farm were simply too
much at around 5 years of age a mere
fraction of their natural lifespan the
worn out cows are shipped to the
slaughterhouse the lifeless bodies of
these dairy cows illustrate the cruel
and exploitive nature of modern Dairy
production cows are curious intelligent
and playful animals who are fully
capable of experiencing Joy fear and
pain in the same way as dogs and cats
consumers hold enormous power in ending
this abuse if you are at all disturbed
by what you have seen please choose
kindness over cruelty at your next meal
by adopting a vegan
diet for more information please visit
chooseveg.com
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