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Exposing the truth behind the UK's cruellest industries.

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True British Farming@TrueBritFarming
18 Dec 2017
Every year in the UK approximately 2.6 million cattle, 10 million pigs, 14.5 million sheep and lambs, 80 million fish and 950 million birds are slaughtered for human consumption. That's over one billion animals in the U.K. alone.
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Kate Louise Powell@KatePow3ll
1 Feb 2018
In response to #Veganuary, the dairy industry is launching #Februdairy in an attempt to save their dying industry. Each day of Feb, I’m going to be tweeting realities that the industry would rather remain hidden. Day 1: Farmers exchange advice on how to control misbehaving cows:
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Every year in the UK alone 40 million male chicks are killed in the egg industry. The most common method, also considered the most humane, is to drop the chicks into a mechanical macerator whilst still conscious.
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Despite the label, many apparently free range chickens in the UK will never spend any time outdoors. Current laws allow farms to house "free range" chickens in cramped barns of up to 16,000 birds per building with just 1m of space for every 9 birds.
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Every year in the UK dairy industry 90,000 male calves are shot within their first few days of life and disgarded as waste by-products.
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Day 1451: After a short, sad and painful life, she is slaughtered and hung up to bleed out. Her carcass will be butchered and her flesh sold as beef.
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Day 1450 : Unable to walk, the cow is removed from the "herd" - in many cases heifers are dragged away using farm machinery.
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Day 1450: After multiple pregnancies and constant over milking, the cow collapses, unable to move. This is known in the industry as a "downer".
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Day 687: Still grieving her loss, the heifer joins the milking system. She will be forcibly impregnated again in 2 just months.
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Day 686: Having bonded, the calf & mother are separated, never to see each other again. Both will scream out for days.
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Day 685: The heifer gives birth. She licks her calf clean and encourages it to drink the colostrum (first milk).
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Day 400: The heifer is artificially inseminated whilst restrained in a device known colloquially in the industry as a "rape rack".
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Day 240: The heifer is branded using either a hot iron or an iron that has been cooled to minus 100 degrees F.
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Day 10: The calf's tail is docked with a blade, often without anaesthetic. Crushing, hot iron or applying a rubber band are also methods used.
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Day 8: The calf's horn buds are removed from her head using either acid cauterisation or hot iron.
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Day 7: Identification tags are attached to one or both ears of the calf. Alternatively tattooing may be used.
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Day 2 : The calf is put in an individual pen and fed cheap milk replacement, as her mother’s milk is sold to humans.
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Day 2: Having bonded, the calf & mother are separated, never to see each other again. Both will scream out for days. Bystanders have described the pain in the mother’s cry as the most horrifying thing they have ever witnessed.
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Day 1: A calf is born. She is licked clean by her mother, and suckles the colostrum (first milk).
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UK pig farmers have lodged an official complaint to the ASA claiming the figures used in the @vivacampaigns advert are inaccurate, despite evidence having been provided by the charity to back up all claims made. plantbasednews.org/post/pig-…

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Due to ineffectiveness with electric stunning, it is conservatively estimated that 30-40,000 turkeys enter the scalding tank alive where they then boil to death. To combat this many turkeys are now gassed - a painful and panic inducing slaughter method.
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