The animal rights’ group Compassion Over Killing (who has, let’s just say it, one of the least fortunate acronyms) has, with the help of a Seattle law firm, filed a lawsuit which alleges that members of one dairy farmers’ cooperative have engaged in a violation of anti-trust laws (as well as animals’ rights), by allegedly killing dairy cows to decrease supply and artificially inflate the price of milk.
The suit targets Cooperatives Working Together, a program designed to help dairy farmers “strengthen and stabilize milk prices”, who have come under fire after COK allegedly uncovered documents, which they say has revealed the practice of “dairy herd retirement”, in which farmers “retired” (read: killed) healthy cows.
And, according to the suit, the practice wasn’t just being used by a few farms. Funding for the cooperative comes from large organizations, such as Dairy Farmers of America–and members of the CWT produce more than 70% of the nation’s milk.
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