{"id":766609,"date":"2022-01-08T08:23:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T13:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=766609"},"modified":"2022-01-08T08:45:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T13:45:26","slug":"animal-rights-group-banned-from-saying-dairy-causes-serious-animal-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=766609","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;QUITTING DAIRY&#8217;: Dutch animal rights group banned from saying dairy causes serious animal suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>The dairy industry has been free to say \u2018milk is good for all\u2019, while over half of the world\u2019s population is lactose intolerant. But if we say that calves suffer because they have to grow up without a mother, we go too far.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>DUTCH NEWS:<\/strong> Animal legal rights campaign group Dier &amp; Recht must remove posters saying separating a calf from its mother at birth constitutes serious animal suffering, a court in Amsterdam decided this week. The court said the campaign \u2018Quitting dairy\u2019, which shows posters of dairy products carrying a health warning similar to that on cigarettes, put farmers in a negative light, confirming an earlier lower court verdict.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The animal rights group was taken to court by farmers\u2019 organisation Agractie. Dier &amp; Recht says the calves are isolated for weeks after the separation, causing fear, stress and illnesses, often ending in death. The court admitted the calves have more health problems but said Dier &amp; Recht had insufficiently proven that the practice of separation at birth is the cause.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u2018This verdict is frankly bizarre,\u2019 Dier &amp; Recht said in a statement. \u2018The dairy industry has been free to say \u2018milk is good for all\u2019 while over half of the world\u2019s population is lactose intolerant. But if we say that calves suffer because they have to grow up without a mother, we go too far.\u2019 The organisation also said the verdict was \u2018worrying because the interests of the industry prevail over freedom of expression\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Agractie has not yet reacted to the decision of the court but said earlier that \u2018safe and honest dairy is essential for the welfare of millions of babies and children.\u2019 Dier &amp; Recht has said it is contemplating further legal action and is continuing the campaign with adapted posters on bus shelters in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Haarlem. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchnews.nl\/news\/2022\/01\/animal-rights-group-banned-from-saying-dairy-causes-serious-animal-suffering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PffXZLy-Mj0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUTCH NEWS: Animal legal rights campaign group Dier &amp; Recht must remove posters saying separating a calf from its mother at birth constitutes serious animal suffering, a court in Amsterdam decided this week. 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