Dying from starvation and dehydration

Tens of thousands of baby dairy calves are dying in South Africa because - as males - they will never produce milk and are considered to be a waste product. Just one of these calves can be seen on our video clip. At first, people think the calf's antics are funny, until they realise that the starving calf is desperate to stimulate the let-down reflex so that milk can flow and he can drink. Calves nudge the udder of their mothers with their heads in order to stimulate the let-down reflex. For the little calf in the video clip, there was no udder - nor anything else either.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Dying
• from
• starvation
• and
• dehydration

[53Africa]

Watse Hongersnoods gaan daar aan mek die Kalf in Suid Afrika nee hou op met die leensheid. This Calf dont seems 2 be starving at all, stop that lie!

[jocamp77]

who ever posted this video knows nothing about cattle!!! way to make your cause look ridiculous...

[meghan42]

Ahhhh - a beautiful calf!

[Tomeccho]

Yes, that calf is healthy, well cared for, not dehydrated and definately female... shame on you for trying to spread propaganda using this clip. Unknowing people may fall for it but educated ppl wont. There are serious animal weflare issues out the that need to be addressed and the abuse of unwanted male calves is just one. You have done nothing but ruin your own credibility and negated so much good with this stupid post. Shame.

[she69]

Your sentiments are admirable. But that calf is fit, healthy, appears well fed, and FEMALE.

[xxXghislainXxx]

unfortunately, this sick and numb society keep condoning barbaric practices like the ones.

I wonder if people will ever come to reason.

It's a mad world out there, watch out so you don't become one of them.

[LiveVegan]

Go vegan and no one gets hurt