This evening, Tuesday January 26, ABC News, both on World News Now and on Nightline, is covering the horrendous abuse of cows that is standard agricultural practice on dairy farms.
The ABC NEWS web story is headed, "Got Milk? Got Ethics? Animal Rights v. U.S. Dairy Industry
Undercover Videos Show Ugly Realities Behind the Scenes of 'Factory Dairy Farms.'"
It is on line at:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/animal-rights-us-dairy-industry/story?id=9658866&page=2
OR http://tinyurl.com/ylq8c4p
On the right side of that page, under "The Blotter from Brian Ross News" you'll see a link that says, "Watch: Hidden Video Camera: Tail Docking." The video of a cow's tale being amputated, shot undercover by Mercy for Animals, is hard to watch. I was surprised the cow was being relatively quiet -- not bellowing. But then it is revealed that she has thrown up.
The Nightline page includes video, as the page explains it, of "a cow in obvious pain as it horns are burned off." It is equally horrifying to watch.
It is on line at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/nightlinedailyline/2010/01/darker-side-of-dairy-farming.html
OR http://tinyurl.com/ye3dmyb
What have these animals done to deserve torture?
Even if you can't bear to watch all of the videos, please go to the pages, as ABC News tracks which stories are most viewed. Then email them to your friends as you will be spreading an important word and because the station also notes "most emailed."
And please post comments.
As for watching the video: if it so happens that you support the dairy industry, I do hope you will not allow yourself the luxury of averting your eyes. I am sure we all wish to make informed choices. And as the late Gretchen Wyler used to say, "We must not refuse to see with our eyes, what they must endure with their bodies."
Most importantly, ABC NEWS takes programming feedback at http://tinyurl.com/2nowvh
It is vital that the programmers learn that viewers appreciate the inclusion of animal cruelty matters in the news programming, so please take just a moment to send a message to World News Now or/and Nightline using that form. Let them know what you think of the dairy industry practices and how much you appreciate the coverage.
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
(DawnWatch is an animal advocacy media watch that looks at animal issues in the media and facilitates one-click responses to the relevant media outlets. You can learn more about it, and sign up for alerts at http://www.DawnWatch.com. You may forward or reprint DawnWatch alerts if you do so unedited -- leave DawnWatch in the title and include this parenthesized tag line.)
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Date: Tue Jan 26 17:03:10 2010
