All commercial dairy farms will forcibly remove calves from their mother immediately and permanently at birth, creating a period of anxiety, confusion, and profound sadness as dairy cows often will call out for their calves, sometimes for days.
This doesn’t happen just once. For a dairy cow, this happens year after year after year. These dairy cows are forcefully inseminated (a very painful process) in order to keep their bodies of commercial benefit.
The constant cycle of pregnancy and intensive milk production takes a heavy toll on their bodies, and once milk production dips they are slaughtered a fraction of their natural lifespan. Then they’re sent off to become hamburger meat.
They will die about 20 years before their natural lifespan, lasting only 3-5 years on average.