1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogHappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/webmaster/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MTmxw8NHH9"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/happy-bull/">Happy Bull</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/happy-bull/embed/#?secret=MTmxw8NHH9" width="600" height="338" title="“Happy Bull” — HappyCow" data-secret="MTmxw8NHH9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/header.jpg599134Article by Heidi Stephenson It’s all too easy to gloss over that abstract figure of 60 billion+ animal victims (excluding fish), who die each year because of human meat-addiction, unfortunately. Very few people go on to make that empathic link with the suffering sentient individual inside our hellish, anonymous system. But as we HappyCow-ers know, every life matters – and every death is an extinction. Back in March and on holiday in Cornwall, I met the lovely Hamish and Dougal, two young Highland steers, (named on the spot, to give them their dignity, beyond those awful, yellow tags). They were completely socialized from their contact with locals and tourists and within seconds were sucking my fingers, letting me scratch their faces and nudging boisterously for more affection. It was a moment of inter-species protocol at its best – and I knew I had to do something. They were so trusting of humans, I had terrible visions of them licking the hands of their killers in the slaughterhouse! (Which happens, of course, especially with baby animals who have just been separated from their mothers.) I had to find a way to change their man-made ‘destiny’ – even if the odds were […]