Dairy's secrets exposed on national TV!

Dairy's secrets exposed on national TV!

2 February 2011 Have your say

In one short week the response to Animals Australia's bobby calf campaign has been overwhelming. Our highly successful newspaper ad campaign was followed by articles in major papers and discussions on popular radio stations.

Consequently, many consumers across Australia are learning for the first time that cows don't automatically produce milk — but rather are kept almost continually pregnant; their unwanted babies taken from them shortly after birth and slaughtered by the thousands.

And on Feb 2nd — Channel 10's prime-time panel show, the 7PM Project, aired a special feature on the little-known plight of these forgotten calves.

Please encourage friends and family to watch this story. Exposing the long-held secrets of the dairy industry will inspire more people to become better informed, speak out, and consider cruelty-free alternatives that are kind to calves!

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mat: bul shit Friday, 7 September 2012 at 11:26am
fucking load of shit
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nicho: have a look Tuesday, 29 November 2011 at 11:50am
if the dairy industry paid enough to dairy farmers for our milk we would not have to sell bobby calves  as we would be able to afford to keep them fattern them up and sell them when they are older. most farmers do the right thing. It is easy to pick a few things to put on a video to make things look worse than they are people should not jump on dairy farmers who work hard to supply food just because of a video go to a farm and have a look its not as bad as they are telling you. Our calves are kept nice and warm in a shed in winter, calves on cows can freeze to death on frostie nights out side.
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Robert Glisenti: They would of been happy if Thursday, 3 November 2011 at 9:52pm
How different the animal world would be if there never was a Adam
and Eve and that oh so  forgiving God .We do not deserve a place on this earth. Such cruel heartless creatures are we humans.Tormentors of those who cannot defend themselves from our evil.
My heart goes out to every animal and may they escape our blood stained hands and live a happy life with out us .
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Amanda L: More cruelty Thursday, 3 November 2011 at 4:56pm
I was so distressed when i did find out about the calves - they are infants. I went from Vegetarian to Vegan....Human beings are cruel & sadistic bastards - the more exposure it gets the more the public will see this disgusting vile practice!!
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Jennifer Simpson: So Upsetting WHY! Tuesday, 1 November 2011 at 4:56pm
I watched "Earthlings" recently and today I watched the Bobby Documentary. I am shocked and so upset that I have been crying all afternoon. How can we do this! For what to enjoy a latte or a milkshake. Why are we still drinking milk after child birth? How can we separate baby calves from their mum's for us! And to see what they have to endure as a life after they are born. Who we do we think we are! We are all earthlings and equals, I feel so guilty for enjoying milk all of these years. I am now turning vegan, I have lost heaps of weight and am happier as I am not participating in this cruelty. It is a fact that dairy is not good for us, how can live off mother cows who are supposed to feed their babies I hate that this happens!!! I just hope that one day we will leave them alone and let them live a decent life.
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Ann Beckett: CRUELTY IN DAIRY Tuesday, 1 November 2011 at 10:33am
I was standing in a supermarket queue recently with my Animals Australia "A more Compassionate World" shopping bags.  An elderly lady noticed them and told me that as a child on a dairy farm she was so upset at how the newly delivered mothers would cry for for days grieving for their calves taken straight from them and slaughtered.   In my ignorance, I did not know this cruelty occurred, nor the shocking situation with bobby calves.  Since Animals Australia's campaign against Bobby Calves in February I have given up dairy products.  I can't contribute to this cruelty!
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Ven: The Health Benefits of Soy Milk Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 9:41pm
I haven't really thought about this until now... im digusted and sad by this and im going to cut down on my consumption of milk... can someone tell me, does soy milk have the same benefits as cow's milk?? thanks u
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thought: final thought Friday, 30 September 2011 at 7:03am
I understand that there are BAD dairy farmers around don't get me wronge, but i have also seen some great ones.  One in particlar stands out, there cows are on fresh green pasture everyday, calves are not a waste product and they and myself have been known to be up all night with a sick calf.  Like everything there are good and bad in every industry, maybe people should be trying to focus a bit more on some of the farmers working hard to give there animals the best of care and put some support behind them to incurage others to follow there lead.  Not just slam the whole industy.
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Melissa Gamble: I now drink SOY Friday, 19 August 2011 at 3:49pm
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I now drink soy as a result of seeing your campaign.
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V & S: Dairy has lost me too Tuesday, 9 August 2011 at 11:18am
Why was it introduced into the human diet in the first place?  Was there a famine or something.
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vicky: OMG Thursday, 2 June 2011 at 10:18pm
I just had someone tell me about the bobby cows just now. I am now changing my dairy to the alternatives. I am sooooo disgusted that we are not shown this before we decide to have dairy. What a disgrace!!! I am sick to my stomach!!! can't deal with seeing all this torture anymore :-(
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NARA SILVEIRA: Austrália watch out! Thursday, 26 May 2011 at 12:33pm
Australia, please! Stop abusing animals, because you already are in my prayers catastrophic. Believe me, they happen!
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Suzie: Calves belong with their mothers Saturday, 30 April 2011 at 11:31am
In reply to the below message (from "shaking-my-head-in-disgust"), I'm sorry honey-bunny but you are the one who is misinformed.  My family were dairy and sheep farmers and believe me, they may tell you that story, but the truth is that calves are supposed to have their own mothers' milk, just like a human baby is supposed to have its mother's milk.  It's nature, honey-bunny.  Don't believe the commercial story you're handed out.  As a child, I was even told by my farming family that animals didn't feel pain.  Of course they do!  Just like us!  

CALVES AND THEIR MOTHERS BELONG TOGETHER FOR MONTHS.  In fact, they are a social group family and we are interfering when we remove them at all, ... although fences (i.e. barriers) mean that cattle generally can't practise natural herd behaviour.  If we can't accommodate that, and I don't think we can on a large scale, we should not be impregnating them.  

shaking-my-head-in-disgust said: "Calves are raised by hand as they can not drink the amount of milk a true dairy cow produces, and to avoid the transfer of desiese. "
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adam torrisi: cow's our mother Thursday, 28 April 2011 at 6:06pm
anyone that eats meat is a demon and not a human being
and is going straight to hell for as many thousands of hairs on the mother cow that many thousands years he will be living hell.
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shaking my head in disgust: Get Your Facts Straight Saturday, 23 April 2011 at 4:22pm
i work on several dairy farms and i can tell you this is a lot of mis information.  Calves by law are taken in the first 12 hours but the colostrum from there mums is feed back to them.  Calves are raised by hand as they can not drink the amount of milk a true dairy cow produces, and to avoid the transfer of desiese.  Calves that are not keep are sold off to people willing to raise them, at this current time the cost of a calf is as high as $400 each.  Dairy farmers hold onto everything they can, this story should be pointed at the companies and consumers who sell and drink milk for next to nothing not the farmer that is up before the sun to milk and yes they milk twice a day every day, if they didn't the cows would be at risk of DEATH due to mastitis and milk fever.  I know were i milk the cows and calves are looked after better then any beef cattle i know of and watched constintly, they don't go without anything and the cost of this is huge.  The dary industy at present is in bad shape with most running at a loss due to the dismal price they are paided for there milk.  Peopke should be ashamed of themselves for beliving everything they are told.  Try and remember that dairy farmers need the  calves for future milkers.
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Samantha Knight: Stressed milk Tuesday, 5 April 2011 at 3:15pm
I have never eaten veal in my life. This is so sad i really love cows they r so intelligent . The mother cow is so stressed wen their calf is taken from them. Milk from a stressed animal is not good for any one. Wen will humans realize this.
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