of the busiest markets in the uk. part of today s sale are these dairy bull calves, some just two weeks old. dairy farmers don t want them, because in an industry which relies on milk from female cattle, boys are surplus to requirements. these guys are only between two and four weeks of age and they are absolutely tiny. every now and again they come up and try and suck on your fingers. in scotland, what happens to these surplus boy calves is at the heart of a deeply controversial trade. it is one which i am setting out to investigate. galloway, the heart of the scottish dairy industry. this business is all about milk. to get cows to produce it, they need to have calves, but in the vast majority of dairy farms those calves are then taken away from their mums atjust a few days old so that we can drink the milk. david finlay grew up in that business and it has left its mark. when you take a calf away from its mum, what is that process like, for the calf, the mum, for the farmer?
a special investigation by bbc scotland into milk production. it is a controversial trade. these animals are babies. the age that they are when they arrive is three weeks. i go on the trail of cattle trucks across europe. six days, two ferries, five countries. that was the most stressful journey i think i have ever begun. i discover the bleak choice farmers are faced with. the alternative argument may well be that you just have to shoot this animal. tonight, i investigate the dark side of dairy. it is auction day at one of the busiest markets in the uk. part of today s sale are these dairy bull calves, some just two weeks old. dairy farmers don t want them, because in an industry which relies on milk from female cattle, boys are surplus to requirements. these guys are only between two and four weeks of age and they are absolutely tiny. every now and again, they come up and try and suck on your fingers. in scotland, what happens to these surplus boy calves is at the heart of a
she uncovers some shocking truths about what happens to the male calves the scottish dairy industry has no use for. and she goes on the trail of a live cattle shipment across europe to see for herself the long journeys they endure. it isa it is a controversial trade. these animals are babies. the age that they are when they arrive is three weeks. i am on the trail of cattle trucks across europe. six days, two fairies, five countries. that was the most stressful journey fairies, five countries. that was the most stressfuljourney i think i have ever begun. ferries. i discovered the bleak choice farmers are faced with. the alternative argument may well be that you just have to shoot this animal. tonight i investigate the dark side of dairy. it is auction day at one of the busiest marks an the uk. part of today s sale of these dairy bull calves, somejust today s sale of these dairy bull calves, some just two weeks old. dairy farmers don t want them because in an industry which
i discover the bleak choice farmers are faced with. the alternative argument may well be that you just have to shoot this animal. tonight, i investigate the dark side of dairy. it is auction day at one of the busiest markets in the uk. part of today s sale are these dairy bull calves, some just two weeks old. dairy farmers don t want them, because in an industry which relies on milk from female cattle, boys are surplus to requirements. these guys are only between two and four weeks of age and they are absolutely tiny. every now and again, they come up and try and suck on your fingers. in scotland, what happens to these surplus boy calves is at the heart of a deeply controversial trade. it is one which i am setting out to investigate. galloway, the heart of the scottish dairy industry. this business is all about milk. to get cows to produce it, they need to have calves, but in the vast majority of dairy farms those calves are then taken away from their mums atjust a few days o
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