Recently, a member of the public contacted us to report a family who were starving a calf, allowing him to drink only the bare minimum of his mother’s milk so that the rest could be used or sold for profit.
The calf had become extremely frail and thin and so the Braj Animal Care team rushed to give him treatment. Unfortunately, the neglect had gone on too long and the calf lost his life. We’ve been told that this is the third calf to die in this way and we are monitoring the situation to ensure that others are not mistreated in this manner.
This heartbreaking case shows us how sadly, many people place very little value on the lives and wellbeing of our local animals and consider them only to be means to make money.