Posted on 11/12/2017 11:33:37 AM PST by 4Runner
A Florida dairy farm is under criminal investigation after an undercover video from an animal rights group revealed workers kicking cows in the head and beating them with metal rods.
Warning: The following video includes footage that viewers may find disturbing.
The video was shot by a member of Animal Recovery Mission who went undercover in August as a farm worker at Larson Dairy in Okeechobee County. The footage shows men brutally abusing cows as the bovines cower and duck their heads. In some cases, the cows are unable to get away because they are confined by bars meant to restrain them for the milking process.
Larson Dairy was a supplier of Publix Super Markets, which has announced it suspended deliveries from the farm in the wake of the video....
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I worked on my uncle's dairy farm off and on from the age of ten until high school graduation.
I had to pound on a cow once when the wily crud outflanked me and started to pin me against a barn wall.
Me too.
Did you watch the video?
Are u kidding?
Am I kidding? Why would I? There are laws against animal cruelty in every state, but not all states protect the same types of animals.
http://www.dopplr.com/animal-cruely-laws/
“Illegal aliens work cheap. Any business that employs them should be sued into bankruptcy.”
It is the norm in the dairy industry. It’s virtually impossible to make the money necessary to pay wages that compete with the government welfare programs with milk prices as low as they have been.
The illegals get married, have several kids in the USA, get a green card or work permit, and then go on all the welfare system.
“What do the dairy owners think of this? Pretty stupid to abuse animals that are providing the income for the dairy business. Sounds like some workers need to be fired.”
I totally agree. Happy girls produce much more milk and have healthier babies.
Great video! Jersey cows are so pretty. :-)
Water beds for cows? Who knew?
The owners of the dairy do not know or it would not be happening. Dairy cows are very valuable and need TLC.
There are problem cows that must be dealt with, but anger expressed on an animal decreases milk production.
I work with many dairy farmers. It’s a tough business that gets in your blood and you do it out of love.
The problem is that today you must increase herd size in order to survive. The edge for profitability is in the 1,000+ head herd. They even use sorted semem with artificial insemination these days so they only get heifer calves and no bull calves.
In the larger dairy farms they do three milkings per day and it works out that you run two or three shifts and work continuous round the clock. This is why the additional labor is required.
One of the most important elements to having good milk is to be very clean and meticulous in preparing the cow for milking. Sometimes you clean them and then they get messed up and you repeat the process.
Recently the animal rights people blocked us from docking the tails of dairy cows. We keep adequate ventilation and fly control so they don’t need it as a swatter. Manure covered tails slapping you in the face as you milk is not a happy nor sanitary event.
“I agree with you, that some people from Mexico seem to have no respect for animal life.”
The same is true of many of the horse & buggy Amish and Mennonites. I have several friends who are vets that do herd care. I’m not watching the films, but I can assure you that is is more common than most are aware.
It gets tough on small farmers as they often can’t afford proper nutrition for the cow, the cow production decreases, there is no money for new equipment or hired help, the cows get sick and the farmer is on edge as they can’t pay their bills. I worked with Penn State Ag Economics for quite a few years and as a CPA worked with the county agents teaching farm financial management. Many farmers are forced into bankruptcy as they get caught in the downward spiral.
“Jersey cows are so pretty. :-)”
The girls are the friendliest and easy to work with. Also very high in butter fat.
The bulls are the nastiest of any breed I have been around. I don’t like working around Jersey bulls.
one. sick. mf.
LOL, I was only there as an observer, and ended up with cow crap on me...no way to avoid it, I assume...:)
I was very curious about that...how on earth do they keep it clean? The folks I watched were very methodical and meticulous.
I came away with an appreciation for Vermont dairy farmers if that place was at all representative...and it seemed to be.
Then they should become big rodeo stars.
>>>”Here is a video from the Highlawn Dairy Farm in the Berkshires that uses state-of-the-art robotic milking machines “
Thanks for posting. Wish I’d had one of those machines on winter mornings in the cold barn. :)
You want people to do jail time for years for kicking a cow?
That’s absurd
Nothing personal but you should think this through
Did you watch the video?
Freepers know little about livestock....I have been around cattle ops and own horses but I’m not a farmer or rancher but I have family that are
Unless I missed it some beanfolk kicked a cow that refused to back up from the head gate and hit it which did little damage to the cow trust me
Would a 50,000 volt cattle hot shot to the neck have been preferable
I guarantee it would hurt that cow more than a kick or human punch
The electric prod is actually the preferred more effective method
There is abuse of animals yes in husbandry
But what I saw ain’t it.
Silly silly exposé designed to make snowflakes pearl clutch
The likely illegals angle is the only angle
The rest is bullshit
I’m right with you on that.
Unfortunately, humanity is not a universal trait of Humanity.
Please don’t place the blame solely on animal rights activists. That is also the recommendation of The American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, and veterinary authorities around the world who say that the practice is bad for animal welfare and completely unnecessary. Even the National Milk Producers Federation, although I don’t understand the 2022 deadline. Farmers could stop causing their cows distress and chronic pain by stopping the cutting off of tails tomorrow.
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