A Cow's Life No Picnic

Most dairy cows spend their entire lives chained to metal poles on concrete floors inside dark barns. They are allowed limited movement twice a day, when they are herded into "milking parlors" and hooked up to milk machines. Many cows are injected with bovine growth hormone to boost milk production to unnaturally high levels, causing infectious udder diseases and additional stress to the animals.In order to maintain their high milk production, the cows are impregnated each year.

Most of their male offspring are torn from their mothers at birth and chained by the neck in tiny, filthy wood crates to keep their flesh soft. They are fed a liquid formula that is deficient in iron and fiber to keep their flesh pale. These conditions breed diarrhea, respiratory disease, and anemia. The calves are deprived of natural food, fresh air, and their mothers' love. After 16 weeks, they are dragged to slaughter and served as veal.