Part three Exhaustion

Exploited for everything they have, until they're exhausted, lame and susceptible to disease.

Pregnancy
Birth
Milking

Repeated endlessly until their bodies give out.

Forced pregnancy

A close-up of gloved hands holding a syringe, preparing for an injection. The blurred background shows a black and white silhouette of a cow, emphasizing a clinical and unsettling environment.

Nearly all dairy cows are artificially inseminated; a process that is intrusive and traumatic.

Traumatic births

A young calf lying on straw in a dim barn, appearing vulnerable and exposed. The setting looks cramped and unclean, highlighting a distressing atmosphere.

Industry demand for
bigger calves causes
birthing complications
and nerve damage to the mother's hips.

Leg buckling

A cow standing in a barn with visibly dirty and buckling legs, surrounded by waste on the floor. The scene conveys neglect and inadequate hygiene, reflecting poor living conditions.

Cows who cannot stand, from exhaustion or difficult births, have their legs shackled to force them to stand long enough to be milked.

Milked in continuous cycles

An up-close view of a cow's udders attached to milking equipment. The mechanical nature of the setup suggests an impersonal and industrial environmet

Modern dairy cows are forced to produce unnatural quantities of milk.

end of the line

A cow lies on the dirt within a fenced enclosure, appearing lethargic and isolated. The ground is bare and unkempt, suggesting neglect and confinement, contributing to a distressing scene.

Dairy cows are slaughtered young and enter the beef supply chain as cheap meat products, like dog food

Replacement

Female calves grow up to
replace mum in the milk herd.
The cycle of exploitation
begins again.

This is
where their
journey ends

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