Willie Nelson joins ALDF to stand up for calves

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Willie Nelson Stands Up For Cows

Posted Mar 26th 2008 2:04PM by TMZ Staff

Willie Nelson thinks you should know a thing or two

about some cows. The country crooner is joining in on a campaign along with the

Animal Legal Defense Fund to raise awareness about cruel-and illegal-living

conditions for calves raised to produce milk for dairy products. Moo!

Boo!

 

Specifically, they are targeting Land O'Lakes and Challenge Dairy to get them

to stop using milk from calves that come from California's Mendes Calf Ranch - which

employs an intensive confinement practice (keeping calves in cramped, filthy

crates - sometimes without room to turn around or lie down) and is the subject

of a lawsuit brought by the ALDF.

 

Nelson has written a letter to the companies and

is urging others to join the petition, www.FreeBabyMendes.com,

that is already 22,000 people strong.

 

TMZ.com contacted Mendes Calf Ranch who had no comment on the issue.

 

Mommas, don't let your baby calves grow up to be milk cows at Mendes indeed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stephen Wells,

Executive Director

 

Animal Legal Defense

Fund

170 E. Cotati Ave.

Cotati, CA 94931

(707) 795-2533

www.aldf.org