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The cost of Ahimsa milk – Posted in: Uncategorized

The Ahimsa Dairy Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing organic milk from cows who will never face slaughter. Instead when their milking days are over they are retired to a sanctuary where they can spend the rest of their days relaxing in the fields until they pass away naturally. Ahimsa cows only have a calf every two years. They are generally served by one of three bulls and the Foundation welcomes both male…

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A sanctuary in the Welsh Hills – Posted in: Uncategorized

The Ahimsa Dairy’s Welsh sanctuary is a truly magical place. It is close to the sea and lies in rolling, green hills and has a lake full of water-lilies. It is here that all of our retired cows go when their milking days are over and where they will spend the rest of their years chewing the cud and relaxing in the fields. At the sanctuary the cows join our young bulls, who have been…

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PLEASE HELP: MEGA-DAIRY THREAT LOOMS AGAIN – Posted in: Uncategorized

Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) are leading another lobby against a new mega-dairy in Wales. In November 2011, despite advice from their own Planning Inspector to reject the proposal, Powys County Council Planning Committee approved an application for a 1,000 cow dairy at Lower Leighton Farm, Welshpool, Wales. A farm that would be massive – more than 8 times the size of the average UK dairy farm. This was a serious setback in the battle…

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Can India Really Afford To Kill Cattle Anymore? – Posted in: Uncategorized

Maneka Ghandi is an active environmentalist and speaks out for the rights of animals in India. In the following article (from www.freefromharm.org) , she gives an insight into the state of the illegal cow slaughter in India and its long term implications: I have over two hundred letters on my table complaining about illegal cow slaughter. Many of these complainants are groups who have stopped trucks stuffed with cows and calves, many of them dead…

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