To the editor: The horrible abuse of calves at Agresti Calf Ranch is simply the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the egregiousness inherent to any trade that commodifies residing, feeling beings (“Footage shows Central Valley dairy workers kicking young calves, pulling them with pliers,” Could 12). Even when the doubtful declare of it being an “remoted situation” had been true, calves are routinely pulled from their moms to reside grim lives till their launch from this hellish existence at slaughter.
Livestock farming additionally takes an unlimited toll on its laborers, the atmosphere and human well being. Low-paid employees in these settings suffer very high rates of bodily damage, toxin publicity, unintended loss of life, melancholy and suicide as they endure the harmful grind of performing violent acts day after day in one of the hazardous jobs round. Environmental degradation ensues as animal agriculture is a major contributor to deforestation, greenhouse fuel emissions and the rise of drug-resistant micro organism. In the meantime, the milk produced from all of this distress is supplied to a inhabitants with excessive charges of lactose intolerance (affecting individuals of coloration at much higher rates).
Let’s face it: “Humane” farming is an oxymoron at its core. Why proceed to eat dairy and meat merchandise in any respect when an abundance of cruelty-free, health-promoting and scrumptious options exist?
X-tine Goodreau, Los Angeles
