A group of young breeding bulls just sold at auction were herded into the chute to the transport truck. Their coats were black and shiny and they were in good shape. Strong and energetic — the picture of health. Two men herded them, one with a paddle and the other with an electric prod. As they neared […]
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“I’m not your mother!”: A Story from a California “Livestock” Auction
A day-old Holstein calf stood alone in the auction pen. Tish and I sat in the bleachers waiting for the auction to begin. The auction ring was clean — this was the first auction of the day and the wood shavings lining the floor of the pen had not yet been soiled by animals passing […]
Remembering Sadie
Earlier this week, I heard some very sad news. Sadie, one of the cows I met earlier this summer at Animal Place in California, died. She was fourteen. I wrote briefly about her story in “Sharing Testimony: An Activist Project for Animals” at Our Hen House earlier this summer. When I met Sadie, her story broke […]
Jazz for Cows
Good morning! I woke up this morning and stumbled across this video. I had a student a year or so ago who found out that my dissertation research was focused on dairy and she brought me this vintage postcard she found of cows standing in a circle around an old radio set up on a […]