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In February this year, Animal Friends Croatia turned to Belje company and publicly accused it for deceiving the public by calling cows queens and by using their brand The Cow Queen. Although so far no response has been received from Belje itself, the Croatian Dairy Association issued a response<\/a> to the protest held in front of Belje\u2019s farm in Baranja. According to their statement, the Association understands the concern expressed by Animal Friends Croatia, pointing out, however, that milk production in Croatia is in line \u201cwith strict national and European regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Animal Friends Croatia explain that despite the fact that routine practices in cow and calf treatment may be in accordance with national and European regulations, this does not diminish the animals\u2019 tragic fate in dairy industry. On the contrary, it affirms that such treatment cannot be considered as royal. Namely, social network posts by the Cow Queen brand go as far as claiming that their \u201cqueens\u201d are travelling to the seaside for their hard-earned vacation \u201cfor a while\u201d. \u201cThe only place those cows will ever see, apart from the farm where they are being exploited for milk, is \u2013 the slaughterhouse! Thus, telling the public that cows that are actually headed for slaughter are going on holiday constitutes mockery and deceit,\u201d state Animal Friends Croatia poignantly.<\/p>\n

In addition, they emphasise that no legal regulation obliges farmers to separate calves from cows immediately upon birth, but that this is rather farmers\u2019 own choice. They maintain that rules, even if proscribed by law, are not necessarily ethical. All arguments point out to their claims that there is nothing royal about the dairy industry, and calling cows queens represents cruel exaggeration.<\/p>\n

Separating calves from their mothers immediately upon birth, a common practice at Belje and most other farms in Croatia, means extreme stress for these sentient animals, often resulting in sad and frightened calling cries between mothers and their babies. The reason behind this practice is to prevent the calf from developing a breastfeeding habit, which, were these creatures humans, would be considered cruel. Lonely and separated from their mothers, calves desperately try to suck on parts of barn partitions, even farm employees\u2019 fingers. Most often they do not even get to suck their first milk, the colostrum, directly from their mother but via a feeding machine.<\/p>\n

In many cases, cows manifest explicit anxiety and sadness after being separated from their babies, which is reflected in their depression, apathy and food refusal. The majority of cows at dairy farms are continually exhausted, while their \u2018production age\u2019 is over by the time they are five years old. After this age, they are sent for slaughtering, while parts of their bodies are turned into meat products. Without constant fertilization, births and separation from their young, cows could live up to 15 or 20 years.<\/p>\n

According to a public opinion survey, 85.1% of the Croatian public consider it deceitful to advertise dairy products with images of happy cows or cows living as queens, if this is not how they live in reality. In other words, the vast majority of our citizens agree with the stance taken by Animal Friends Croatia. The same opinion prevailed in a street survey<\/a> the group conducted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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