Comments on: Did You Know? Cow Tails.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:24:10 +0000

I knew that factory farms were inhumane, but this latest bit is news to me. I agree with Anna. Not only do the cows have to endure the pain of having their tails being amputated, but also not being able to use their tails for what tails were intended for. And you know that fly bites are not healthy for the cow, either.

Ftom the picture you posted, it also looks like there is no care taken when the tail is amputated, wither. It looks like a haphazard almost jagged cut. Factory farming is just terrible, from all perspectives, unless of course you are a big factory farming corporation. Then it improves the bottom line, the only thing that really matters
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By: Grace

Grace — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:55:10 +0000

I read about this. Sometimes strong rubber bands are put around the tails to cut off blood. The tail eventually dies and falls off. That is abuse!

By: Anne Vis

Anne Vis — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:11:03 +0000

What a sad story. I am glad I am vegetarian. Although I never became one out of principle, with all the information coming out now it must be hard to even enjoy eating meat (fish even worse probably). It’s good you post this, the more people know, the better.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:16:06 +0000

Oh Will that is terrible news to me. I remember when my sister used to milk the cow, I was the one holding the tail. This is not only painful, but painful because they are tortured by the flies, its like tickling feet and not being able to defend. Anna
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By: BK

BK — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:07:50 +0000

This is indeed quite a disturbing post. I wasn’t aware of the things you mentioned about the cows until I read the book ‘Food, Inc’ recently. The question we need to ask ourselves is, “do we want to eat beef from cows that are so inhumanely raised?” Until we can stand together to act as one voice, these big companies will continue to raise cows so inhumanely.
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