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Dairy's Reproductive Exploitation of Bulls

From Juliane Priesemeister, Dairy-Truth.com
July 2024

In the complex web of industrialized food production, the dairy industry wields significant control over every facet of animal life, including the often-overlooked fate of bulls…. Ultimately, reproduction is a foundational aspect of life, regardless of whether that life is a human, an animal, an insect, a plant or a bacterium. But on factory farms, it’s just one more aspect of life that animals aren’t allowed to experience naturally…. This article exposes the harsh reality faced by bulls, where only a select few are allowed to reach adulthood, often under cruel conditions dictated by industrial practices. It sheds light on the brutal realities of how semen is extracted from male animals, a process integral to the dairy industry's operation but rarely scrutinized by consumers.

caged Bull

This article exposes the harsh reality faced by bulls, where only a select few are allowed to reach adulthood, often under cruel conditions dictated by industrial practices. It sheds light on the brutal realities of how semen is extracted from male animals, a process integral to the dairy industry's operation but rarely scrutinized by consumers.

One of the most popular food labels — “natural” — is also one of the least regulated. In fact, it’s not really regulated at all. If it were, more consumers might become aware of just how much human engineering goes into our industrialized food system. One of the most shocking examples is the way the meat industry controls every aspect of animal reproduction, and male animals are no exception.

While the industry’s manipulation of male reproductive biology looks a little bit different than its exploitation of female animals’ reproductive systems, it’s no less common. At the heart of this engineering lies the process of artificial insemination, whereby semen is systematically harvested from male animals through invasive and often brutal methods.

Artificial insemination is standard practice on industrialized or factory farms — officially known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs — and while it may sound innocuous, the process can be excruciating for the male animals involved.

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Please read the ENTIRE ARTICLE HERE, incuding:

  • What Electroejaculation Entails
  • Less Harmful (But Still Invasive) Alternatives to Electroejaculation
  • Why Don’t Farmers Let Animals Reproduce Naturally?
  • What Are the Downsides of Artificial Insemination?
Posted on All-Creatures.org: July 15, 2024
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