Im no farmer, but i can tell that this was done right. Animal was made sleepy and given anesthetic injection before procedure was carried out. This shows compassion and respect for the animal. Its the least that we can do for them and provide a good quality of life prior to them making the ultimate sacrifice to end up on our dinner plates.
It's been years but I think in school we did it when their buds were more formed, without anesthesia, and there was blood. If I was a cow I would prefer it be done like it was in the video
@@ConanObrien22it's basically to not let the horns over grow because this could impact the cows life by the horns almost klling it because on how heavy the horns will get or the horns will turn on the cow and percing it through the skull or eye
Its mainly because the cows then cant use them anymore as they are often with too much in a little space, so to not harm other cows and very rarely themselves. So its prevent able and in fact harming the animal but as always, we as humans want to have it our way and easy for us.. The horn is very very important to the cow, for their digestion and also navigate the environment & food AND to provide calcium for their baby growing. Because of the dehorning , the body of the cow starts to get calcium from the hooves and its the main reason for problems with the hooves. But we, men, give them loads of medication for that, while its very preventable. Let the cows be who they are please, this is abuse ❤
The chances of it overgrowing an poking itself are very slim. Also, horns to grow too heavy to carry also very slim (longhorns literally raise in value if their horns reach 100 inches from tip to tip). The main reason is for safety for people that work around the cows
In india we dont remove horns. We let it grow as cows are not aggresive if you grow them with love. But bulls needs work to do for at least 6 to 8 hours everyday to keep them calm otherwise they become aggresive. If you keep a bull then either dehorn them or give them some hard work and they will remain healthy and very calm. My bull has pointed horns but they are so calm that my 10 year old kid can bring them from shed to farms. We use bulls to extract oil and we also use a machine that can make electricity, its like a treadmill for bulls on which they walk at normal speed.
It’s not about behavior it’s about the animals health. Usually farms that have a lot of animals do this because it reduces maintenance of horns for their animals. And it also prevent infection because it prevents the horn from growing so that it can not get long and stab the animals neck.
I don’t like when their horns are removed but this was done the best way it could’ve been! I appreciate all the care towards the babies and making sure they felt no pain during the procedure :)
Dehorning like this is a lot more humane than other methods of dehorning. My grandfather used to wait until they were full grown heifers, that is they were young females that haven't been impregnated and gone through a lactation cycle. The cows would have their head clamped into the stanchion and the horn would be chopped off with a giant nail clipper. There is a lot of blood vessels inside a living horn and it would make a huge bloody mess chopping the horns off. That's probably how they still do it in some areas. The cows didn't like it but they got over it.
Are you sure that the local anesthetic is doing anything when applied in that place? You should block the cornual nerve that passes between the eye and the horn bud. Also, injecting the sedative in tha place has a big change to hit siatic or obturator nerve, especially in animals with low muscular mass... Smotimes speed is not the best
I’m anti-dehorning. I think it’s better to maintain and train the horns when possible. I know there are certain breeds and cases when this isn’t possible, but proper animal husbandry demands we do the best we can for the animals in our care. IF your operation is so big that the only way you can guarantee the health of your herds is to drug and dehorn them as babies - then maybe your operation is too big. That said: if this is going to be done, thank you for taking the extra steps to decrease the suffering of the little ones you’re clearly too busy to care for holistically.
Pointless and outdated. If you’re concerned about horns, rear polled cattle. If they are bred with horns, leave them alone, or take the responsibility and change your herd.
I wrote this earlier in the year: open.substack.com/pub/farmvetfieldnotes/p/bull-by-the-horns-polling-is-an-easy?r=1c4op0& where I basically agree. But any change isn’t going to happen overnight, and it’s probably better farmers are persuaded not obligated to go for polled cattle. In the meantime I was impressed with the speed and care of the techs I worked with.
I'm glad they care about their animals but this seems a bit overboard to me and not practical at all. Getting pumped with all kinds of meds doesn't seem healthy or necessary. I had last year's baby goats disbudded when they were 2 weeks old. What you do is burn the nerves first then take a break and burn the horn bud off, they don't feel it the second time around. After the initial burn my baby goats didn't scream or anything they just sat there and waited patiently for the ordeal to be over with and happily went back to their mother. They were not traumatized and remained very friendly towards humans. I love my goats and of course I care for their well being but I still say this is way overboard. You shouldn't treat animals the exact same as you do humans, it isn't necessary. I am sure some vegan liberal who's never even been around farm animals will argue with me which is fine you have that right so go ahead... my notifications are turned off anyway 👍😜
They must be so scared being man handled like that. They might not feel all the pain, but they feel something and their paralyzed 😢 Were so damn cruel to animals. Cows are so intelligent and feel emotion. This horrifies me.
