At
the Kuhrettung Rhein-Berg Sanctuary in Germany a dairy cow named Emma was
acting nervous and not like her usual self. Earlier in the day she had been
loaded onto a trailer and driven to her new home at the sanctuary. The dairy
farm which she’d called home had recently closed down and she had originally
been headed to the slaughter house before her rescuers stepped in.
At
first Emma was terrified as her life was suddenly turned upside down. At the
start of the video she can be seen crying visible tears of sadness and fear as
she was placed in the strange trailer. It’s heartbreaking, but not for long.
Once she arrived at the sanctuary she was released into a spacious pasture
filled with green grass, rolling hills, and other cows. She slowly made her way
into her new home and before long the other cows came up to greet her. They
sniffed and checked each other out and enthusiastically surrounded her. It’s as
if they were all reassuring her that everything was going to be just fine. By
the end of the video it looks like Emma has quickly been accepted into her new
family and the group goes running off happily into the field.
What
started out as a terrifying ordeal ended the best way possible. Thanks to a
group of dedicated people Emma was not slaughtered and instead was brought to
the Kuhrettung Rhein-Berg Sanctuary in Germany to live. The group rescues dairy
cows and retires them to a former farm where they can naturally live out the
rest of their days.
Prior
to her arrival at the sanctuary, Emma’s life was anything but natural. Cows are
known for producing milk and associated dairy products. In order to make that
milk a cow must become pregnant and give birth to a calf, whom it will nurse.
However, in the dairy industry young calves are taken away from their mothers
shortly after birth so that the milk can instead be collected for human
consumption. This separation of mother and child is done early on in an effort
to cause minimal stress to both, but it’s also done repeatedly in order to keep
cows producing milk. Cows, like Emma, who end up at the sanctuary are retired,
in that they are no longer impregnated and thus do not produce any milk.
Fortunately
for Emma, she gets to stay with other rescued dairy cows on the farm sanctuary.
Her life has changed dramatically for the better. Now she is able to live
alongside other happy cows and can do all the normal, natural things that cows
do. It’s a happy ending that she, and others like her, deserve.
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