Opinion: I'm Becoming A Dairy Bigot
Yet another animal abuse video highlighting dairy cows was released this week. Knowing how good 99.9% of the people are in our industry, my first reaction is to be angry at both the inhumane treatment of the animals and the activist groups that search for an industry’s failings and then distort the facts to make things even worse than they are. However, this is becoming a trend.
The dairy industry needs to get its act together. Sure, it could be argued that everyone needs to be more cognizant of anything that could even be misconstrued as abuse. However, we have to recognize that the downer cow issue and damaging videos such as these are connected to the dairy industry.
Animal welfare is more than doing what is morally right and the economically smart thing to do. It is foundational to the credibility upon which our survival rests.
-- Troy Marshall