Undercover Investigation Reveals Horrors In India's Dairy Industry
An Endless Cycle of Abuse
Cows are beaten into submission and artificially inseminated so that they will keep producing milk. Although this practice should be performed by trained professionals, most cows are repeatedly inseminated by "barefoot healers" who ignore the most basic hygienic standards and use equipment that has not been sterilised, exposing cows to infections and diseases.
Most of a cow's day is spent confined to a narrow, filthy stall. Cows are injected with Oxytocin, an illegal drug that causes them to produce unnaturally large quantities of milk and suffer severe stomach cramps as though they were in labour. Cows are impregnated repeatedly. They grieve for every calf they deliver who is ripped away a few days after birth. Cows often develop mastitis – an infection of the udders – from rough handling and rumen acidosis from unwholesome food.
Other abuses documented by PETA's investigator include:
Calves were tethered with short chains, often without any shelter.
Workers kicked buffaloes to make them stand. Injured animals were hit with sticks and pulled by their tails.
Bleeding buffaloes were denied veterinary care.
Animals were covered in their own faeces.
Animals lived among heaps of garbage.
Drinking water was filthy.
PAINFUL MUTILATIONS
As cows get older they undergo a series of painful mutilations:
Branding: Workers heat iron bars in open fires and burn the flesh of young cows. These untreated wounds are ripe for infection.
Dehorning: To remove an animal’s horns, workers cut them out or burn off delicate tissue. A cow’s horns are full of blood and hypersensitive nerve endings but this is done without any anesthesia.
Tail docking: Another common practice is for cows to have their tails removed. They will either be cut off with shears or, in some instances, workers will wrap wire or rubber bands around the tail.
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