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I thought for this Milk Monday I’d share a couple of YouTube clips depicting the life of a dairy cow. Thanks to YouTube and the work of a number of animal advocacy groups, there is no excuse for ignorance about where milk and cheese come from and what the animals that provide it have to [...]
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Last week was interesting … For a start, the Daily Mail published a story about a deformed calf being taken from its mother and shot on a farm in the Bristol area that supplies milk to Cadbury’s. It was just one of the many cruel details uncovered by a Viva! investigation. This was “shocking” enough [...]
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Sometimes I get asked why I am vegan. This was more common when I first transitioned into abstaining from animal products. Nowadays I am more likely to get what seems like polite and accommodating indifference. I sit at tables longing for someone to pop the question and give me permission to discuss something that is [...]
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Molly the cow is missing. The Chickens have temporarily taken over her twitter account while the nationwide search is taking place, fuelled by social media. Tweeters and Facebookists are being encouraged to spread the word in the hope that Molly will be found before long. Molly rose to fame on St. Valentine’s Day earlier this [...]
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On June the 1st, The World Society for the Protection of Animals’ (WSPA) dairy campaign, “Not in my Cuppa” was unanimously voted as a winner in the Public Affairs category at the The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) 2011 Excellence Awards. Springing into action in early 2010, following Nocton Dairies‘ proposals for a massive [...]
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I have written before about the herd at Bhaktivedanta Manor in Hertfordshire where milking cows are allowed to suckle their young normally and to live out their entire natural lifespan on the farm. Many of the cows have, themselves, been rescued from slaughter and even the male calves are allowed to mature as oxen and [...]
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