Land O'Lakes Supplier Investigation Photo Gallery

Land O’Lakes Supplier Investigation Photo Gallery

A PETA undercover investigation of a Land O’Lakes milk supplier found employees leaving cows to suffer and die slowly without access to food, water, or shelter as well as abuses that are considered acceptable by the milk industry and occur on all dairy factory farms.

Here are just a few of the investigator’s photos.

March 27, 2009: Cow #501 incurred these pus-filled, infected leg wounds after becoming trapped in a broken wooden wall, lying helplessly for at least 24 hours. Later, when she resisted putting weight on the injured leg, the farm’s owner used a high-voltage electric prod to force her to stand up.

March 31, 2009: This weak, emaciated cow, #879, collapsed and had to lie in a deep pool of urine and feces for more than 24 hours, without access to food or water. She was eventually shot and killed.

May 13, 2009: Cow #826 was allowed to suffer and become severely debilitated over the course of nearly a month before she was finally shot and killed. Her failing health was repeatedly brought to the farm owner’s attention.

May 21, 2009: When cow #401 got caught on a bolt sticking out of one of the bars in the stall, the dairy farm’s owner reportedly freed her from the bolt by cutting deeply into her leg muscles with a knife.

May 30, 2009: Even underweight, weakened, and ailing cows like #740 are hooked up to milking machinery daily in order to produce milk for the farm.

June 4, 2009: On May 31, farm workers used an elastic band to amputate cow #36’s gangrenous, infected teat without any anesthetics. The infection worsened, and cow #36’s health and physical condition were allowed to deteriorate until she finally died on June 11.

June 9, 2009: Cow #929 collapsed in the inches-deep urine and fecal matter that cover the barn’s passageways. She flailed and struggled to get up while other cows walked into and over her.

July 29, 2009: When cows develop sore feet and legs or bacterial hoof warts, like cow #780, standing to eat and drink becomes painful. Without proper care, they waste away.

August 13, 2009: Most male calves born on the farm who manage to survive the neglectful treatment are sold at auction for their flesh.

August 13, 2009: When PETA rescued this male calf, he could not stand and was nearly unconscious. He was diagnosed by a large-animal veterinarian as suffering from dehydration, pinkeye, pneumonia, ringworm, and lice and was determined to be approximately 100 pounds underweight.

August 19, 2009: This calf was only semi-conscious and unable to stand when he was purchased from the farm. The examining large-animal veterinarian found him to be 100 pounds underweight and recommended reporting his neglected condition to authorities.

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