The Truth About Dairy Cows

LYRICS:
I used to think if I didn't eat meat
that I was doing my part
I couldn't give up cheese and dairy
and I didn't see why I should start
After all cows always give milk
to be enjoyed by me and you
I never stopped to question
whether or not that's true

Dairy cows are kept pregnant
just about their entire lives
artificially inseminated
Mooing, lonely wives
giving birth every year, baby
calves just taken away
And that's how you get your cheese
each and every day

cows cows
they're just mothers without their children
cows cows
they are crying out to find them
and it all happens over and over again

the dairy cows children
are separated out
females share their mama's fate
they too will be dairy cows
pumped full of hormones
starting at the age of 1
they normally live to 25
but 5 years of this and they're done

cows cows
they're just mothers without their children
cows cows
they are crying out to find them
and it all happens over and over again

but what about her sons
they got no milk to give
so in the eyes of this system
they got no right to live
They are just a thing left over
Wasted life into a meal
When they end up on a dinner plate
'Cause someone ordered veal

Original Videos:
http://youtu.be/gYTkM1OHFQg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr-EyIaXAD4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOcFq48RnXQ&feature=fvst

Sources and link:
http://www.peta.org/issues/Animals-Used-For-Food/Cows-Milk-A-Cruel-and-Unheal...
3) Department of Animal Science, "Dairy Cattle Teaching & Research Center," Michigan State University, 14 Apr. 2009.
4) T. Dewey and J. Ng, "Bos taurus," Animal Diversity Web 2001.
5) Anne Karpf, "Dairy Monsters," The Guardian 13 Dec. 2003.
6) Richard L. Wallace, "Market Cows: A Potential Profit Center," University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004. 
VEAL
18) Shannon Linderoth, "Mastitis Resistance in the Genes," Dairy Herd Management 1 Dec. 2006.
19) Susan C. Kahler, "Raising Contented Cattle Makes Welfare, Production Sense," Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 218 (2001): 182-6.
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[MiditheVeg]

@kellanpan Really? You object to the video because it shows some real video of what 'farmers' do to cows? What are you pretending not to know?

[beaelliott]

@kellanpan Hi... This video begins with "Warning this video contains graphic imagery. Viewer discretion strongly advised." But the footage you saw was broadcasted on CNN, NBC, CBS and all the other major networks too... I agree it is horrible --- But it's not manufactured gore --- It's reality. :(

[x2equestrian]

Check your messages for me!! i have somethings to say about this video! :) manily about u 2 hypocrites needing to shut you mouths! i have a very strong opion tht should be addressed!

[Cowgirl1413]

@RayasNegroOvejas i have cows and yes there are farmer like that but still they dont need to post that stuff and that stuff is fake because if it was real then he would be arrest for animal abuse so yay i am not a farmer like that

[RayasNegroOvejas]

@Cowgirl1413

But there still is farmers like this.

[carmencitayeye]

@Ichliebemusikundybd there is lots of vegan cheese, in my case, i like very much the cheese of Vegusto

[shavNsimmo]

@LittleSadSister To be honest, they ARE mothers without their children. They are impregnated yearly, and when the calf is less then a day old, it is taken. You should google a crying cow because her calf was taken. They scream and cry, they also pace the same spot for days or weeks after they are taken. Cows are most definitely mothers without their children. The sooner people realise that, the sooner the world gives up the cruelest of cruel industries. Dairy.

[Dantheman4012]

@LittleSadSister ~ Why does the line "mothers without their children" seem a little over the top to you? Just curious . . .

[SuperLiviloo]

Dont tamper with animals in any way shape or form xx

[SuperLiviloo]

i love this... I love being a caring human... no one can justify eating meat xx

[LittleSadSister]

to be honest, the line "mothers without their children" seems a little bit over the top to me, but i really would like to push the last guy and all the other animal abusers through saw 1-7!

[Sopsiable]

@Ichliebemusikundybd cheese IS a drug. Casein makes you crave the cheese. As soon as it's out of your body, you'll crave it less.

I wish I knew a good substitute for cheese... Here it really depends on personal taste.