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Disgusting abuse of calves at farm

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bluewanda · Today 22:26

I hope all the evil scum in this video get what’s coming to them. Absolute bastards and oxygen thieves.

metro.co.uk/2026/10/06/dairy-farmers-hit-drag-swear-cows-gold-standard-farm-29562604/amp/

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Palepinkish · Today 22:27

Is this the Muller products farm?

bluewanda · Today 22:29

At the time in November 2025, the farm was a member of RSPCA Assured, which vouches for farms that meet animal welfare standards.

Two Pools also supplied Marks & Spencer – though it is no longer a supplier – and the German dairy company Müller.

M&S inspected the farm on November 18, 2025. Footage filmed hours before appeared to show workers kicking days-old calves, removing a dead calf using a loader and padding the rubber-floored pens with extra straw.

‘This could look really bad,’ one farmhand told another.

The inspection lasted 10 minutes. Less than a minute later, a worker allegedly struck a calf’s face with a feeding tube.

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tillyandmilly · Today 22:29

Oh my god this has upset me!! Evil humans - I hope they will be named and shamed and savked!!

Imisscoffee2021 · Today 22:29

Vile abuse, how they can go home to their families and sleep at night I don't know. Empty hollow cruel people, to literally babies whose only fate is to either be eaten or be dairy cows if they're female and continue the cycle, pregnant constantly and no time with their calves. I remember on a hen do in Ireland we heard the cows and calves separated and shouting for each other, was harrowing. Such a basic deep biological natural thing made intonfactory farming is just vile. And before anyone asks I don't eat meat and don't drink dairy.

Trumpsorangetan · Today 22:30

Horrible. If this were dogs people would be up in uproar but because it’s farm animals they’ll avert their eyes.

bluewanda · Today 22:31

I hate it when I see people describe these types of low lives as animals. Animals are far superior to these scumbags.

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Hiredgun · Today 22:32

Horrendous and sad to read.

PetStuff · Today 22:34

I, and others I know, have filmed this stuff undercover as part of animal rights campaigning. Unfortunately it’s not that uncommon. All this RSPCA assured, red tractor crap doesn’t really mean anything. Farming animals is often brutal for them even with ‘good’ practices, add in people like this and it’s worse. People say they care but they don’t really.

bluewanda · Today 22:35

Vile abuse, how they can go home to their families and sleep at night I don't know.

I hope they have the shittest lives imaginable 🤞🤞🤞 Cunts

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Roosnoodles · Today 22:36

Vile. Surely there’s someone on the whole of Mumsnet that knows what can be done about this. Maybe a petition against the rspca. Didn’t someone quit the rspca over the unethical treatment they allow on there assured food?

bluewanda · Today 22:36

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bluewanda · Today 22:39

No idea why @mnhq have hidden my comment thanking @PetStuff for their work exposing these sub-humans. Can you explain and reinstate it please @mnhq?

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PetStuff · Today 22:39

Roosnoodles · Today 22:36

Vile. Surely there’s someone on the whole of Mumsnet that knows what can be done about this. Maybe a petition against the rspca. Didn’t someone quit the rspca over the unethical treatment they allow on there assured food?

Brian May and Chris Packham have both cut ties I think. The RSPCA do some good work, but personally I don’t support them. They don’t protect animals in the way they should imo.

Glitchymn1 · Today 22:39

Reason I don’t eat meat. No part of that process is going to be nice is it. Even if they aren’t abused, which I think we can safely say most are.
If you eat meat, how many of you would choose to work in a slaughter house? Or to watch what happens or take part in it- not many!

bluewanda · Today 22:42

Glitchymn1 · Today 22:39

Reason I don’t eat meat. No part of that process is going to be nice is it. Even if they aren’t abused, which I think we can safely say most are.
If you eat meat, how many of you would choose to work in a slaughter house? Or to watch what happens or take part in it- not many!

If you work in a slaughter house, there’s no need to abuse animals. I don’t get why people act like it’s inevitable that animals are abused in these environments (not saying you are personally BTW - this is a general comment).

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hewasflirtingwithbeverleymacca · Today 22:47

I support a charity called Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) they do a lot of campaigning globally to ensure the same and humane farming of animals. They go to Westminster a lot with campaigns and get supporters like myself to email local MPs and sign petitions. You can contact them about your concerns. They have a campaign called End The Cage Age, to stop mother pigs being imprisoned in cages and hens. It’s definitely worth a look into. They have some great ways that you can help and it may well be worth contacting them with your concerns about RSPCA assured farms.

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hewasflirtingwithbeverleymacca · Today 23:03

Op, this is their website if you would like to see what they do:
cows.org.uk

hewasflirtingwithbeverleymacca · Today 23:04

ciwf.org.uk

bloody predictive texting!

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