Cause of dairy farm fire that killed 18,000 cows identified

Officials say a piece of faulty equipment was to blame.

[Pidepiper]

nope, no fire exit, no fire escape plan, they were penned up and burned alive, this is no accident

[davidjsouth]

You’re telling me 18K cows couldn’t get out when the fire started?
Most animals will stampede to get away.
Somebody had them locked up

[robertwolf]

Explains maybe the not why not the cows were either led out of the place and why they couldn't get out. These buildings generally have doors that automatically open in the event of to avoid this kind of thing.

[VICSWEB]

something very fishy here sounds like a LIE

[TheMeatLogo]

What caused the fire. Dunno. Some equipment. Happened before. Not going to tell you what equipment or how but it was the same equipment that caught on fire before. What a terrible newscast. I know just as much now as I did before. 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[RosendavasquezAlmendarez]

There's an online fire list of farms all over the United States, don't sound light if so many, someone is depleting the food supply purposely. Been going on for generations, they just caught a guy last yr setting 20 fires on his own. Could be more

[czechmate]

Sounds like they must not do preventative maintenance

[katsan]

Why didn’t they release those poor cows?

[howardrobinson]

Half a century ago, family farms were prevalent. Animals grazed on pasture, breathing fresh air, and feeling sunshine on their backs. During inclement weather, they were sheltered in straw-bedded barns.

In contrast, the rearing of farm animals today is dominated by industrialized facilities 
(commonly referred to as “factory farms”) that maximize profits by treating animals not as sentient creatures, but as production units. Raised by the thousands at a single site, animals are confined in such tight quarters that they can scarcely move, let alone behave normally. Such production creates what appear to be “cheap” meat, eggs, and dairy products. But what at the cash register seems inexpensive in fact costs dearly to farm animals, the environment, rural and traditional farming, human health, and food quality and safety.

Over 9 billion chickens, pigs, cattle, turkeys, sheep, goats, ducks, and geese are bred, raised, and killed for food annually in America. Each is a social, feeling individual capable of experiencing pleasure. The vast majority, however, are only familiar with deprivation, fear, and pain.

The life of a farm animal involves breeding,  raising,  
transport, and slaughter. Each phase offers the opportunity for cruelty or compassion. For each aspect of industrial production,  
alternative methods that are both humane and economical are possible.

DAIRY COWS
According to the US Department of Agriculture, in 2021 the average number of US dairy cows involved in milk production at any given time was 9.45 million. Although all cows are grazing animals, inclined to live together in herds and range grasslands, most dairy cows today live within concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs)—a.k.a. factory farms—in barren dry lots or “freestall” barns where they have little or no outside access or opportunity for exercise.

Today’s dairy cow has been genetically selected to produce up to 12 times the amount of milk needed to feed her calf. Producers have maximized productivity, but the cows unquestionably suffer poor welfare as a result. Producing such vast quantities of milk in one lactation cycle is so taxing and stressful that dairy cows are typically kept only for three or four years (or three cycles of pregnancy, birth, and lactation) before they are slaughtered.

In traditional pastoral conditions, before industrial farming, cows could live up to 25 years, but today most cows suffer from lameness and other painful conditions that are consequences of in industrial systems.

[ramseshernandez]

They lost around 54, 000, 000$ in just cows