Annie Lowrey

Yeah. It was bloody and pussy. It smelled really bad. And I asked, when the rancher's there, I was like, what has happened here? And all of the folks there who work in the dairy or the cattle industry were like, well, that's cancer eye. It was so surprising to me. We didn't know that there were going to be any cows from this farm when we went there.

And we did not know that there was going to be a cow that so clearly should have been euthanized probably some time ago. A cow this sick shouldn't have been transported, should have received medical care a long time ago, shouldn't have been sent to auction.

And we did not know that there was going to be a cow that so clearly should have been euthanized probably some time ago. A cow this sick shouldn't have been transported, should have received medical care a long time ago, shouldn't have been sent to auction.

And we did not know that there was going to be a cow that so clearly should have been euthanized probably some time ago. A cow this sick shouldn't have been transported, should have received medical care a long time ago, shouldn't have been sent to auction.

This was a cow that, you know, if you were facing the question of do you send this cow to auction or do you euthanize on site, I don't know why you wouldn't have euthanized on site.

This was a cow that, you know, if you were facing the question of do you send this cow to auction or do you euthanize on site, I don't know why you wouldn't have euthanized on site.

This was a cow that, you know, if you were facing the question of do you send this cow to auction or do you euthanize on site, I don't know why you wouldn't have euthanized on site.

What is criminal is... socially constructed, right? And in the case of animals, we might think that we have a standard for how we want to treat animals in our care in this country.

What is criminal is... socially constructed, right? And in the case of animals, we might think that we have a standard for how we want to treat animals in our care in this country.

What is criminal is... socially constructed, right? And in the case of animals, we might think that we have a standard for how we want to treat animals in our care in this country.

And we kind of set that standard that they should have medical care, that they should have adequate food and water, that they shouldn't have painful things done to their bodies without anesthesia, that they should be euthanized quickly if they're in pain and they can't be treated. But what I think has happened is kind of the opposite.

And we kind of set that standard that they should have medical care, that they should have adequate food and water, that they shouldn't have painful things done to their bodies without anesthesia, that they should be euthanized quickly if they're in pain and they can't be treated. But what I think has happened is kind of the opposite.

And we kind of set that standard that they should have medical care, that they should have adequate food and water, that they shouldn't have painful things done to their bodies without anesthesia, that they should be euthanized quickly if they're in pain and they can't be treated. But what I think has happened is kind of the opposite.

We've understood what it takes to produce food inexpensively and reliably at mass scale. And whatever that requires of animals is what is legal.

We've understood what it takes to produce food inexpensively and reliably at mass scale. And whatever that requires of animals is what is legal.

We've understood what it takes to produce food inexpensively and reliably at mass scale. And whatever that requires of animals is what is legal.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

The farm is just impossibly beautiful in this kind of, you know, there's like wild elk roaming around and flocks of wild birds. And the cows are really out there on pasture. They really, really are. This is Northern California, so it's really mild, wet weather. And they're kept out in these kind of like beautiful fields all by the ocean. Lots of space.