'Bones' star Emily Deschanel has joined with PETA (https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4807) to highlight controversial practices within the U.S. dairy industry.
The ad was released in advance of Mother's Day (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/mothers-day) and criticizes the separation of dairy cows from their young, tail docking (https://www.avma.org/KB/Policies/Pages/Tail-Docking-of-Cattle.aspx) and other controversial practices faced by the more than 9 million dairy cows (http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/confinement_farm/facts/dairy.html) in the U.S.
Large-scale factory farms (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/factory-farms) are facing scrutiny as reports of animal cruelty (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/26/conklin-dairy-farms-video_n_589826.html) have emerged over the past few years. Some dairy farms are particularly problematic due to the forced production of milk (http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/farm/hsus-the-welfare-of-cows-in-the-dairy-industry.pdf) and unsanitary living conditions, often inside feed lots without grass, the Humane Society reported in 2008.
Animal rights organizations have received some star-studded endorsements recently, including those from Ke$ha (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/kesha-animal-rights-video_n_3040023.html) and Ryan Gosling (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/ryan-gosling--cow-dehorning-letter-peta_n_3010066.html).
Via: HuffingtonPost
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