The value of female animals
July 22nd, 2008 by admin
Sunday’s Miami Herald included an article about the financial ups-and-downs of cattle ranching in Florida. In the article’s opening scene, as a vet performs sonograms on a group of cows, rancher Wes Williamson describes a sad reality for female animals in agriculture, “Every cow has to produce a calf every year, or she has to pay her bill by going to slaughter.”
Like hens in egg farms or sows in pig factories, female cows in the dairy or beef industry are valued for their reproductive potential. In the cruel economics of animal agriculture, death is the punishment for cows unable to continuously become pregnant.
Choosing a vegan diet is a strong statement that her life is worth more than that!