WHAT THE F…?!?!
I recently signed up to get email updates from some Animal Exploiters’ websites. Today, I click-opened my E-copy of Dairy Today Magazine. Here is a screenshot that I took of an ad for Pfizer Animal Health’s vaccine, Bovi-Shield Gold HB.
The text reads,
“If she can’t stay pregnant, what else will she do?”
“Keep your cows pregnant and on the job. Bovi-Shield GOLD FP 5 L5 HB is the only viral combination vaccine to prevent Lepto hardjo-bovis for a full 365 days. Ask your veterinarian or Pfizer Animal Health representative how to protect her pregnancy, your reproductive program and your bottom line.”
This is ad is so offensive on a number of levels. I really don’t believe I need to add any commentary to the hunting reference. The image is simply PATHETIC.
I will say a few things about cows:
- Cows should NOT be “kept pregnant” and “on the job.”
- Her pregnancy should belong to her.
- Her life should NOT be serving anyone’s bottom line.
- Her milk belongs to her baby.
GO AWAY, Dairy Industry.
Freeheel Vegan 
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December 5, 2012 at 8:51 PM
Andres Hernandez
I agree, thank you for everything you do 🙂
December 5, 2012 at 10:16 PM
Provoked
I love that “GO AWAY, Dairy Industry”! Supposedly they are hinged on the brink of the cliff if they don’t get another government bail-out. Hay has now become more valuable than the cow’s milk! I’d like to think a decreased demand has something to do with that! 😉
I appreciate you posting this ad – It motivated me to extend it out a bit further… It never fails that after I look through the industry e-rags I’m either in tears or fuming — Or both.
You are so right that cow’s bodies belong to them – As their babies do – As their milk does… And their lives. But the notion of one of these most gentle, docile creatures being used to retrieve murdered birds really takes the non-vegan cake. So sick.
Thanks for this post – It’s a sad look at the ugly underbelly.
December 8, 2012 at 7:11 PM
Corey Wrenn
I see this as a clear intersection between the objectification of women and animals. The implication is that if the females under your control aren’t kept pregnant like they should be, the next best thing is to serve their man like a dog. Sexist and speciesist as hell.
December 10, 2012 at 7:25 AM
vegangsterARNP
good post!