Stop Animal Abuse at Threemile Canyon Farms > > Hello! > > I thought you might be interested in this United Farm Workers > e-activism campaign. > > A report prepared by the Humane Farming Association (HFA) > documents cruel and inhumane treatment of cows and calves at > Threemile Canyon Farms in Boardman, Ore., including statements > from workers. Months ago, HFA filed a formal petition with > Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers formally demanding criminal > charges be brought against Threemile Canyon Farms for animal > abuse. Yet in spite of extensive documentation, Myers has yet to > take action. The extensive report documents widespread animal > abuse. > > The report documents how some of the male calves are separated > from their mothers at birth and left to starve to death. A > worker reports, "Supervisors usually shoot unwanted male calves. > They don't die right away. Some lie on the floor and bleed out. > Some have lied for three hours and are still alive." The dairy > reportedly also kills calves by bashing their heads in or by > swinging the calf by its hind legs and pounding its head against > the concrete floor. > > The report also documents how workers are told to slice off a > section of a cow's teat without anesthetizing the animal. The > cows' teats are susceptible to infection due to the concrete > floors being covered with manure, urine and standing flush > water. To make matters worse, workers report the massive farm > continues to milk cows with infected teats, something workers > first reported in a February 2005 article in the Portland > Oregonian newspaper. One worker says "the blood and pus draining > from the teat will go into the milk when the cow is milked." > Another worker states, "The boss tells us to milk the cows even > if they know the milk is bad. The milk will look like pieces of > cheese." > > Yet in spite of worker statements, pictures and even video that > the Humane Farming Association provided to Attorney General > Myers, he has yet to take action to stop abuse at Threemile. The > fact the state of Oregon previously provided $20 million to > Threemile makes the state's inaction even more outrageous. > > The abuse has to stop now. Please join the United Farm Workers > in supporting the Humane Farming Association's call to stop the > cruelty at Threemile by demanding the Oregon attorney general > initiate criminal charges against Threemile. > > Send your e-mail TODAY! Go to: > http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/animalabuse?rk=f7ALeyE1FPIRW > > *************************************** > Powered by GetActive Software, Inc. > Member Relationship Management Solutions > That Recruit, Engage, and Retain (tm) > http://www.getactive.com > ***************************************
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