Please sign this petition for dairy calves

[Guest guest]

Greetings friend,

 

We need your help. As you know, the Animal Legal Defense Fund is

committed to protecting the lives of animals everywhere. But you may not

know that we have filed a lawsuit against Mendes Calf

Ranch for their violation of California animal cruelty laws.

 

The ranch is a facility that dairy producers use to

house and raise newborn calves while their mothers are milked. The babies are

taken soon after birth and shipped away to live in Mendes’s cramped,

filthy crates with barely enough room to move.

 

Day after day, these calves live by themselves in crates so small

they can’t even turn around or lie down naturally.

They must contort their bodies even to stand in the small space, which is

often covered with their own excrement.

 

While our lawsuit to stop this cruel practice is pending in court, there is

more we can do for these animals right now. We need to reach Mendes through

the people they’re most likely to listen to: their clients.

 

Major dairy producers

Land O’Lakes and

Challenge Dairy get their milk from calves confined at Mendes Calf Ranch.

It’s time to let dairy corporations know that these practices are

unnecessary — and unacceptable.

 

We’re launching the Free Baby Mendes campaign to mobilize

consumers and animal lovers to sign on to a letter we’ll deliver to Land

O’Lakes and Challenge Dairy. We hope that you can help us spread the

word.

 

Would you be

willing to post something on your site and/or email your list about the

campaign?

 

Information about the campaign can be found at www.FreeBabyMendes.com.

Also available are Free Baby Mendes banners for your

website.

 

Together, we can make a difference for these cows—as we work to make

sure that animal cruelty laws are taken seriously. Thank you in advance for

your consideration.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Stephen Wells

Executive Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

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