Inspectors often write down that drinking water is missing. On more than 1200 farms in our country there is extremely high mortality among #kalfjes . The care is so bad that 1 in 5 newborn calves are dead within two weeks. This is evidenced by figures from the Ministry of Agriculture who requested RTL Nieuws. The calves come into the world in very dirty stables where they sometimes stand up to their knees in dung and urine. Many farmers also give their newborn calves too little or polluted breast milk (colostrum) so that many animals do not make it. Many animals get infections and die from the effects of diarrhea.

Poor care calves: mortality on 1200 farms is terrifying high.