I said I would do this every year until Raystede went vegan, but last year I didn’t because it was lockdown, Raystede was closed to the public, and I thought I’d give them some breathing space in the hope that they’d come to their senses. Sadly they haven’t so we begin again.
I promised to publish photos of dairy babies every year for the duration of this campaign because these gentle souls are usually forgotten in the consumption of milk, butter, cheese and ice cream. They deserve to be remembered.
These adorable tots have only been in this field for a few days now but they might remain here for a few months. The ones from last year did. And the ones before that. And the ones before that. Their brief motherless lives will end after that, unless they’re female and required by the farmer to provide milk like their enslaved parent. If that is the case they may survive another five years or so. Five years of annual rape, impregnation and child loss.
And for what? For milk, butter, cheese and ice cream. Don’t those people know it’s the twenty first century? Don’t they know that there are luxurious cruelty-free alternatives to all these things?
Write to info@raystede.org and tell them to remember these babies and thousands like them who are born to die on dairy farms in this country every year.
And tell them about the many many cruelty-free options they could be selling INSTEAD OF dairy ice cream. Here are just a few examples:
www.benjerry.com/flavors/non-dairy
Thank you for signing our petition and your continued support. For more baby beautiful photos - and some scrumptious ice cream photos too - go to the campaign website where this post ends with a photo of someone who Raystede would love and protect, meeting someone who Raystede would serve on a plate.
Tweet to @Raystede.
All the best,
Ed