Treating Dairy Cows Humanely: A Case to Ban Tail-Docking

Reader Contribution by Adele Douglass
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One of the most egregious welfare issues in dairy production
is the practice of tail docking dairy cows. This practice started in New Zealand
in the 1980s and soon spread to North America. The purported reasons were that it kept cows
cleaner, and helped reduce the risk of dairy farm workers contracting leptospirosis
from the dairy cows.

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