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BBCNEWS A Cows Life The True Cost of February 18, 2022 03:39:00

for five months, and they only milk the cows once a day. charles ellett is in charge of the milking herd. he used to work on a large scale dairy farm. it doesn t take long for a cow to burn out, which is what, you know, those big herds have problems with. my oldest cow in here is 12 years old. she s just starting her ninth lactation. most cows in commercial systems are gone after four or five. and why is that? because their body just burns out? just burned out. he s had first hand experience of cow calf separation. they shout and bawl and, and, you know, they ll scream for that baby and pace around the pen. the ethical dairy has a herd of 120 cows, owned by farmer david finlay.

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BBCNEWS A Cows Life The True Cost of February 18, 2022 03:37:00

he says while cow calf separation maximises the milk production, doing it this way is also in the animals best interests. so is that the best option for the cow and the calf? we absolutely, genuinely believe so. you know, welfare is about health, happiness of the individual and the group. and in this case, even though it might be a tough hit at the start, we think it is the most healthiest thing to do. so to what extent do the consumers who buy the milk in the supermarkets know what s going on, on a dairy farm? i suspect that they have a certain rose tinted view of dairying in green fields all of the time. these cows go out to green fields every year. they probably don t realise some of the realities of what we do, and how we do it and particularly why we do it.

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BBCNEWS A Cows Life The True Cost of February 18, 2022 03:47:00

i might have just sort of given her a footer. give her front foot a poke or something like that. so, i can see the extreme frustration to the people that are there because the cow is down and the cow clearly has to be moved. they re kicking that cow pretty hard at the moment. it s abuse, it s inhumane, this should not be occurring. other methods were also used for dealing with downed cows. a hip hoist can be used on farms to help cows regain their footing. correct procedure is that the hip hoist is applied to the hip bones, gently, carefully and with skill and with a light touch. when the workers had to move a stricken cow to an area where there was straw underfoot to help her keep upright, this light touch seemed to be absent. the cow s meant to be raised to the point where it can just stand and then the hip hoist

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