Animal welfare victories prompt farmers' PR moves

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Fri, 12/25/2009 - 02:10

Consumers have been led for years to believe California cows are happy, which is why many were sickened when images surfaced of a washed-up milker, too weak to stagger to slaughter, rolled, pushed and run over by a forklift operator.


 

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