About ‘whole’ chickens and ‘humane’ milk
Two interesting stories about animals in advertising, but coming from a whole different background. First, the poster from GoVeganworld.com, a British vegan organisation. It states that humane milk is a myth, and asks you not to buy it. It shows a cow behind barb wire. Underneath the eyecatching quotes, the text reads: I went vegan the day I visited a dairy. The mothers, still bloody from birth, searched and called frantically for their babies. Their daughters, fresh from their mothers’ wombs but separated from them, trembled and cried piteously, drinking milk from rubber teats on the wall instead of their mothers’ nurturing bodies. All because humans take their milk. Their sons are slaughtered for their flesh and they themselves are slaughtered at 6 years. their natural lifespan is 25 years. I could no longer particpate in that. can you? The dairy industry complained that this poster painted an inaccurate and misleading picture of dairy farming. However, the Advertising Standards Authority has backed the accuracy of the vegan message, and finds that this ad – that lets …