https://video.animalequality.org/videos/watch/021e0091-f48b-43bb-85da-2ef1d561e735 The calves are sorted by gender. Female calves are used to replace the older ailing mothers that are no longer fertile or producing enough milk. Since male calves can't produce milk they are left to die or sold to slaughter. This is a very common practice among dairies irrespective of their size. Animal Equality has on record several owners who have admitted that they sell male calves since they do not yield anything and taking care of them just adds to the cost. Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:56:47 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.animalequality.org https://video.animalequality.org/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.animalequality.org/videos/watch/021e0091-f48b-43bb-85da-2ef1d561e735 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.animalequality.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.