After a short day at school, the entire group (Portuguese, Dutch and Bulgarian students) got onto the bus and they began their adventure to the village of Korten, where they’d visit a dairy ‘farm’ (where Bulgarian cheese is made), and a cow farm.
After a rather long yet fun bus trip, filled with lots of chatter, singing and laughter, the group arrived in Korten. The bus stopped at a parking lot near the cheese factory/dairy farm, because if you wanted to get in, you had to wear some protective ‘gear’: lab coats, a hairnet and plastic bags over your shoes. This was in order to keep the place clean and sanitised, as visitors are lowering their chances of transmitting ”bad” bacteria.
This was hilarious to everybody, as they all looked like mad scientists. Some pictures are of course required.
They first went to the dairy farm, and the first thing that you notice, is the horrific smell coming from the inside. Words cannot properly describe the smell, and every room had a different scent, however none of them were nice. The floors were wet, too. It was close to human torture to walk through the whole building without throwing up.
After the dairy farm, the group was allowed to take off the weird clothing and they continued their journey to the cow farm. They had to wait outside the gates for a while and were informed that the animals couldn’t come out off their cages, as the farm was in quarantine. They got a tour around the farm and received lots of information about the animals and how they perform tasks around there.
The day over all was an interesting experience. It didn’t do much for Téa and Lieke’s research, the only information they were able to use is how the cows of the dairy farm were treated. They were fed well and most of the time, they had enough space to move around. However, as the farm was in quarantine, the cows had to stay in a small space, stuck together. They pushed each other around and didn’t have enough space to move properly. This, of course, isn’t fair for the animals. The meat and milk coming from these animals therefore doesn’t come from an ethical source.
Some may argue that this was due to the fact that the farm was indeed in quarantine, however, the quarantine shouldn’t affect the living space of the animals. The cages could be made in such a size that all cows have a considerable amount of space to move around in, like we would want to have as humans. To quote a famous saying: ”What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others”.
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