HORRIFIC ABUSE: Cows violently beaten caught on video at ‘organic’ dairy farm in British Columbia

Multiple workers violently beat cows on their faces, legs, and bodies with canes, pitchforks, and wrenches; hitting, kicking, and shouting at cows; spraying hoses in their faces; and slamming metal gates on them.

ANIMAL JUSTICE: Animal Justice released a shocking new video showing serious abuse at Cedar Valley Farms, a large organic dairy farm in Abbotsford, BC. Shot between May and October of 2021, the footage shows:

• • Multiple workers violently beating cows on their faces, legs, and bodies with canes, pitchforks, and wrenches; hitting, kicking, and shouting at cows; spraying hoses in their faces; and slamming metal gates on them.
  • Newborn calves ripped away from their mothers, and calves dragged and tossed into wheelbarrows, while the mother cows cry out and desperately chase after their babies.
  • Cows suffering from illness and injury, including cows limping and cows who appear to be emaciated.
  • Downed cows dragged roughly through the barn by heavy machinery.
  • Botched attempts at euthanizing cows by shooting them multiple times in the head, leaving them to die slowly over the course of many minutes.

After being sent the footage anonymously, Animal Justice turned it over to the BC SPCA. The SPCA is investigating, and has stated that it intends to recommend criminal and provincial animal cruelty charges. In the meantime, the BC Milk Marketing Board announced last week that it has suspended Cedar Valley’s dairy license.

Animal Justice turned the footage over to the BC SPCA, which is in charge of animal cruelty investigations in British Columbia. The BC SPCA plans to recommend criminal and provincial charges to address the multiple instances of unlawful abuse.

Cedar Valley is owned by Cedarwal Farms, which is owned by the Vanderwal family. This includes veterinarian Rich Vanderwal, who was the veterinarian overseeing Chilliwack Cattle Sales—a massive nearby dairy farm that was exposed for horrific abuse in a highly-publicized whistleblower exposé in 2014. This shocked the nation and led to animal cruelty convictions, jail time, and fines for the company and workers…

There have been over a dozen undercover exposés at Canadian farms in the past decade—all of which have shown horrific cruelty. Yet the government has done almost nothing to improve protections for farmed animals. In Canada, there are almost no legal standards of care for animals on farms, and no proactive government inspections to monitor conditions on farms. Canadian farms regularly crowd cows, pigs, and chickens in filthy conditions indoors, denying these sentient animals everything that makes life worth living…

Whether organic or conventional, dairy farms and other farms operate in almost total secrecy, with almost no regulations governing animal welfare, and with no government welfare inspections. Even apart from the shocking beatings that were caught on camera at Cedar Valley and Chilliwack Cattle Sales, standard practices on dairy farms still subject gentle cows to heartbreaking suffering. SOURCE…

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