Target: Adam H. Putnam, Commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Goal: Call for the closure of a farm where cows were allegedly beaten with rods and kicked in the head.
An undercover video taken at a Florida dairy farm appears to show multiple cows getting kicked in the head and struck with rebar wielded by farm employees. In the disturbing footage, the animals at Larson Dairy appear to be hit multiple times as they are forced into cramped milking stalls. Other cows in the video appear to be too weak to stand on their own power. We must demand justice for these innocent animals.
According to the narrator on the video, the footage shows that “dairy supervisors and milkers beat, stab and torment dairy cows with steel construction rebar,” and that “the sharp metal rods pierce and penetrate the cows’ bodies.” If these allegations are found to be true, this farm must be prevented from continuing its operations.
Reports of similar abuse are sadly all too common in the dairy industry. If these animals are to have any hope for a brighter future, we must take a stand and demand that the authorities overseeing this industry take action. Sign this petition to demand that Larson Dairy be shut down immediately if these allegations are proven to be true.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Commissioner Putnam,
A number of cows appear to have been maliciously beaten as shown on an undercover video taken at a farm in Okeechobee County. The footage allegedly shows farm workers at Larson Dairy kicking cows in the head and beating them with metal rods to force them into their milking stalls. If these allegations are true, this farm must not be allowed to continue its abusive practices.
Similar cases of abuse are known to occur far too often in the dairy industry, and in far too many cases the perpetrators go unpunished. We urge you to take a stand for these innocent creatures. Please ensure that a full investigation of this farm takes place and that it is shut down if any of these allegations are found to be true.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Keith Weller/United States Department of Agriculture
STOP THIS FUCKING EVIL, LEGALIZED ANIMAL TORTURE IN ALL FARMING!!!! ANIMAL TORTURING IS A BLOODY CRIME & FARMERS SHOULD NOT BE EXEMPT!!!!!!!!!! HAVE SOME APPRECIATION FOR ALL THAT FUCKING BLOOD $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IN UR FILTHY FUCKING POCKETS!!!!! WITHOUT ANIMALS YOU’D ALL BE FUCKED!!!!!! BECAUSE YOUR ALL UNEDUCATED INBRED FOOLS!!!!! BIG TOUGH MEN< WHAT A JOKE & WE ARE TOLD TO SUPPORT OUR HARD WORKING FARMERS!!!! FUCK THAT IF THIS IS HOW YOU TREAT ANIMALS!!!!!
I agree!
Sad helpless cows people r so mean hope someone beats the fuck out of them. and karma catches them soon.
Torture serves no purpose, except on these particular types of humans. Animals in the wild are carnivores, but they don’t torture their prey.
Its sad to think our country is acting more and more like a 3rd world country. Like a bunch of heartless heathens! I believe this goes on in all farming! We should all start weaning ourselves from consuming any animal products!
I grew up on a 75 cow family dairy farm. Cows are intelligent, inquisitive, and gentle. They quickly learn which stall is theirs, and normally stand patiently to milk. There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to beat and kick cows!! All you do is traumatize them so they’re in so much fear they are confused, and then may kick in reaction. The end result for you “get rich types” is that they will give less milk! Farmers who abuse or allow such abuse by employees should be shut down for good and jailed or fined.
This has been going on way too long!! What is wrong with this industry that they ignore such horrific abuse of such gentle beings? It’s sickening! And the cows do nothing to deserve it!! I do not use dairy products as my way of saying no more to this vile way of treating these animals!! If more people gave it up it would make quite a statement to this industry! And I do believe the higher ups know exactly what is going on in their barns and if they say they don’t they are lying!! So brutal and shameful! Stop the abuse and cruelty now!!!
Kill these sons of bitches. Beat them to death with metal rods. Slowly
And to think i lived in Okeechobee in the late 80’s to early 90’s. I would be more than glad to help those bastards have an accident with the same treatment.
Omg please please please dear God shut these places down the Amish are so abusive and ignorant to their animals damn it they do not deserve any animals please get these animals away from them all they do is torture those pets and animals do not deserve this kind of treatment along with those puppy mills they all need shut down please I will sign this a hundred f****** times if I can
In this case right here it might not be the Amish but they are the same way and those workers right there definitely need to be punished very very bad for what they do to any animal the way they just did these poor cows please
Cows are beautiful and gentle they do not need to be beaten or abused all those people on the farm need to be fired and the place needs to be closed if the owner is an unfit farmer and move the cows to a place we’re they are treated with respect farm animals should not be abused ???
This is my email address and it is valid and I want to sign this petition
I love all God’s creatures. They all deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. Whomever is responsible for this mistreating of these precious animals, needs the living shit beat out of them! Hope they rot in hell.
Outrageous
Saveages!
Punish the abusers fairly, reasonably and kindly and send the animals to a good sanctuary, where they can be looked after and loved for the rest of their time in our world.
This is the lowest form of life who can be so disgustingly cruel.
The abuse of these animals need to end and if this place is abusing them they should be shut down the sooner the better.
Hate animal abuse
I’d like to sign the petition but it won’t allow me.. my email is valvuh@yahoo.com