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A Danish dairy farm just refused to let investigators inside. This is not the first time dairy farmers have tried to close their door to cameras. The industry suffers from unchecked, systematic cruelty and an equally calculated lack of transparency that the public needs to hold them accountable for—and they are. Undercover investigations are underway. Here’s what they found.

Struggling to walk, dairy farm workers wielding makeshift spears prod the cow in her udders as she is pushed out towards her death. Workers wrap a chain around the cow’s neck and drag it by the head. Illegally euthanized cows fall into dumpsters before the fatal drug can take hold. This is hard (and extremely important) to watch.

Watch the footage from the undercover investigations “Inside the Dairy Industry’s Closed Door Policy.”

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1. 🚨 It’s official: The USDA and FDA will share regulatory responsibility for the cell-based meat market. As we expected, they changed the name of the meat again. Cell-based meat is now a “cell-cultured food product,” at least as far as regulators are concerned. [FDA]
2. 🌱 Veganism is more than a diet. It’s a lifestyle of love and care for all animals, not just the ones we let in the house. Here’s a look at how to put a vegan life in action. [Sentient Media]
3. 🦃 Americans ate 704 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving last year. In “honor” of the more than 44 million turkeys killed for the holiday tradition, President Trump pardoned two birds, Peas and Carrots, crudely named after two of the only vegan side dishes at the Thanksgiving dinner table. [Independent Journal Review]
4. 🐮 And the winner of Startup Battlefield Latin America is… a remote cattle monitoring camera. The camera makes life easier for livestock farmers, who are responsible for heinous acts of cruelty towards millions of animals. In general, increases in efficiency on farms rarely means better animals welfare. [Olho do Dono]
5. ✊ Missouri is set to be the first battleground state for alternative meat. The Good Food Institute, Animal Legal Defense Fund, American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, and a local tofurkey brand just sued the state to try to reclaim the right to call their meat alternative what it is—meat. [National Law Review]

Cool Jobs This Week

Animal Place is looking for a Membership Coordinator in Grass Valley, CA. 💕 Cafe Evolution is hiring a Vegan Baker in Florence, MA. 🔥 World Animal Protection wants a Campaign Director in New York City. 🐷 American Humane needs an On-Call Certified Animal Safety Representative in Hollywood, CA. ☎️ And if you’re ready to bring farm animal cruelty to an end, Mercy For Animals just posted a Spanish-speaking Undercover Investigator position in Phoenix. AZ. 👊 For the animals!