bobby calf ad

yayyy!! i wish i had a big enough property to be able to rescue some animals
you are an inspiration to all of us! you have done such an amazing thing

i think the problem is, most people think cows just produce milk.. they think "if you don't milk them they will die"
they don't actually know that they have to give birth to produce milk... and they don't know what happens to the calfs
or they are just ignorant to this fact (which makes it worse)

Is this the same campaign from earlier this year? The time off feed campaign?

Thanks wolf, if only you could save them all, it was difficult when i herd the abbitior buyer bid and won all the other calfs, 7 went to the abbitor and 2 came with me . they are loving life, they are in my house paddock with the 2 horses and 6 other calfs - one of which i am bottle rearing and 5 cows. We have this sawdust mound and of a afternoon  the cows and calfs all run up and down the mound, its so cute ... the calfs race each other and jump off the top and buck like crazy haha there so cute

Yes it is, does any1 know what is the current update on the tome off feed? i know when i bought the 2 dairy calfs from the sale that "Bugsii" hadent been fed since she was born, with was 24 hours befor the sale and "Bambi" hadent been fed 32 hours befor the sale

Thats Terrible! Grrrr! You are just amazing to save them!!!!!

Hi guys,  

Yep Animals Australia is still pushing for a less starvation inducing 'time off feed' (or TOF) standard.

The industry is still trying to have that set at 30 hours (I can't even imagine that, I'm hungry now and I only ate 2 hours ago!)

Without getting too much into the boring legislation side of things, the Ministers were supposed to make a decision last week - but couldn't - however they were only choosing between 2 options - 24 hours or 30 hours - neither is great if you ask me!

Anyway there's some more info here http://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/bobby-calf-public-consultation.php

Right now, ditching dairy, sharing this info (seriously, even my ultra smarty pants mum didn't realise this hidden cruelty before I told her!), and encouraging others to ditch dairy (yep mum's vegan now too!   ) is a huge step to reducing demand for milk and ...reducing the cruelty.

That link has emails to ministers who'll be making the decisions if you feel so inclined!

And HUGE congrats to everyone that's gone vegan to help these babies, and to Shanii for being a saving grace.

That's abhorrent... you only have to stand at the fence near a bunch of cows to notice the fact they eat all day!

Chickens are not fed for two or three days prior to slaughter as well, merely to cut down on the amount of potential contamination from fecal matter during the disembowelment process. Makes you sick.

By the way.. saw the clip. Cried. Have to splash some cash now!