Profit vs. ethics: Saving livestock from the slaughterhouse

Dairy cows are calculated to be profitable for only six years in industrial farming. After that, the long-suffering dairy cows get sent to the slaughterhouse. An association in Germany is working to save as many animals as possible from this fate. Matthias Obenhack runs a family farm in central...

28 min - Food & Drink - DW Documentary

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