Another proof that our voice can make a difference: Thanks to a negative reaction from public (14,000 objections were registered by the district council, out of which 6,000 were from PETA supporters), the company Nocton Dairies has withdrawn its application to build an intensive dairy unit in Lincolnshire. The massive factory farm would have meant severe suffering for thousands of cows.
According to Nocton Dairies' plan, the cows on this factory farm would have spent most of their lives in barren sheds. They would have been treated as if they were mere milk machines and deprived of everything that is natural and important to them, including the right to socialise and raise their young.
Cows on these huge dairy factory farms are forced to produce unnaturally high yields of milk, and their bodies are pushed to exhaustion by repeated impregnation. Their calves are torn away from them within hours or days of their birth, and the milk meant for them is sold in supermarkets.
We can choose what dairy produce we buy and where. We can buy the first product we see (or the cheapest one), without thinking, or we can spend one or two minutes more, read the labels and choose a product that is ex. Bio. In the first case, we will probably consume poor quality milk from the suffering cows, and sponsor the massive factory farms. In the second case, we will support the farmers that give their animals a better treatment - the cows have more living space, they are free to move, can socialise, aren't stressed and receive food of better quality. Moreover, Bio products should not be artificially coloured, flavoured etc. Thanks to all this, the products are much healthier and tastier.
The choice is yours... As always.
Namaste
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