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Downed CowsAccording to research published in the Journal of Animal Science, 36 percent of cows raised for beef and 39 percent of cows raised for milk show signs of lameness and crippling by the time they arrive at slaughter. Many are frozen to the sides of the truck or close to death from heat exhaustion upon arrival. Those who can't walk at all are called "downers." A slaughterhouse worker explains how cattle who can't walk off the truck are handled: "[Slaughterhouse workers] just pull them till their hide be ripped, till the blood just drip on the steel and concrete. [T]he cow be crying with its tongue stuck out." |
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