Photo: FarmSanctuary.org
A truck carrying newborn and young calves to a slaughterhouse managed to spill more than half a dozen of them in 3 different states, the Farm Sanctuary reports.
According to the organization, which managed to rescue and offer sanctuary to 3 of them, the truck dumped live animals on the freeway in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. The truck wasn’t properly secured, and it’s likely that it took the driver a while to notice what was happening to his cargo.
Of the more than half a dozen calves, some died from the impact with the highway, the same organization notes. Others were retrieved and packed back in the truck and eventually taken to the slaughterhouse, while 3 were rescued by Farm Sanctuary.
They were Holsteins, about 2 weeks old, sickly and malnourished because they had been separated from their mothers right after birth. The milk is necessary for the dairy industry, so the calves receive none of it, the organization says. The young animals are then taken to be killed and processed for beef and veal, in case they’re not deemed worthy to be bottle-fed and raised to adulthood, when they too can produce milk.
All 3 calves were taken to the Cornell University’s Nemo Farm Animal Hospital, where they were consulted and treated. Farm Sanctuary says that one of them died later, from injuries sustained in the fall and general poor health.
However, the remaining 2, one male and one female, will travel to the Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York, where they will live out the rest of their life in sanctuary. The organization doesn’t say if the driver of the truck was penalized in any way for what happened, either by the authorities or his employers.
Apparently, accidents of this type are more common than you’d think because animals packed for slaughter aren’t considered important enough to be properly secured during transport.
Of the more than half a dozen calves, some died from the impact with the highway, the same organization notes. Others were retrieved and packed back in the truck and eventually taken to the slaughterhouse, while 3 were rescued by Farm Sanctuary.
They were Holsteins, about 2 weeks old, sickly and malnourished because they had been separated from their mothers right after birth. The milk is necessary for the dairy industry, so the calves receive none of it, the organization says. The young animals are then taken to be killed and processed for beef and veal, in case they’re not deemed worthy to be bottle-fed and raised to adulthood, when they too can produce milk.
All 3 calves were taken to the Cornell University’s Nemo Farm Animal Hospital, where they were consulted and treated. Farm Sanctuary says that one of them died later, from injuries sustained in the fall and general poor health.
However, the remaining 2, one male and one female, will travel to the Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York, where they will live out the rest of their life in sanctuary. The organization doesn’t say if the driver of the truck was penalized in any way for what happened, either by the authorities or his employers.
Apparently, accidents of this type are more common than you’d think because animals packed for slaughter aren’t considered important enough to be properly secured during transport.
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