UnchainedTV: Another "Fairlife" Milk Animal Cruelty Scandal Erupts!

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We are live with breaking news, disturbing news,

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we've got to warn you.

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This is, I have no words to be

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honest with you.

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Another shocker, a shocking new animal cruelty scandal

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has erupted involving milk suppliers to Fairlife, a

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billion dollar milk brand owned by Coca-Cola,

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sparking calls for a boycott.

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Animal Recovery Mission, Arm, has released gut wrenching

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footage from two Arizona dairy farms supplying milk

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to Fairlife.

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A six month Arm investigation found egregious and

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frequent animal cruelty with animals being hit, animals

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being dragged, animals being whipped, animals being shot,

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animals being shoved, animals being force-fed, and

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animals being chained at two Arizona farms.

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The video is gut-wrenching.

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I'm actually trying to process it as a

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human being.

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I can just say that watching this video

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made me cry and it made me embarrassed

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to be a member of the human race.

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We are here with Kudo, the founder of

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Animal Recovery Mission, who has made it his

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life work to expose animal cruelty.

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Kudo, first of all, kudos on this investigation.

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Tell us, we don't want to get into

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the names of the farms and the names

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of the families.

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It's Fairlife, it's Coca-Cola, we're going to

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read their statements in a second, but just

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tell us the first farm, which is the

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video that we saw there.

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Describe what you found and how you found

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it.

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Yeah, well, we've done undercover investigations on Coca

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-Cola on Fairlife since 2019.

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This is actually our seventh and eighth case.

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But this is a new plant for Coca

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-Cola in the greater Arizona area, in the

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Phoenix zone of the state.

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We wanted to see if the crimes were

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as upper level as they were in Texas

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and in Indiana and other parts of the

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country.

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A lot of stipulations have been in place

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since our 2019 investigation to make animal cruelty

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within the Fairlife and Coca-Cola corporations, quote

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-unquote, impossible.

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Okay, I can't hear you.

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We can't hear you.

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We can't hear you.

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You're breaking up.

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Actually affected probably the animals they're supplying animals

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were worse crimes we found in 2019.

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Yeah, well, I'm so sorry to tell you

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this.

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We're having trouble- And that $35 million

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were invested by Coke and Fairlife to, quote

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-unquote, bury the lives of the dairy cows

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within their supplying dairies.

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The cruelty was eight of 10, out of

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one in 10.

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We're seeing felony, we're talking- Okay.

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At that particular farm.

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Yeah.

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We're having trouble hearing you, by the way.

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I want to go to Shannon Keith.

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Shannon Blair.

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Shannon, you've been following this for a long

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time.

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What was your emotional reaction to the footage

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as it came up?

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Shane, I can barely watch this footage.

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I've been to so many places of violence

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and slaughterhouses, and when I first saw this,

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I couldn't get through it.

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I had a physical reaction and was being

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vocal because it was...

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They just pulled a fully conscious female cow

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over an eight-foot concrete wall by a

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chain around her neck.

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This is really difficult for anyone who has

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any type of feelings for other individuals to

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watch.

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It's sickening.

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And you have a son.

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What was his reaction?

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I know we're going to hear from him

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later.

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So we have, like you said, we've been

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following this for a long time, for over

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five years now.

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When this first was released in 2019, we

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were horrified.

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We had found out a few years earlier

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about the inherent cruelty of the dairy industry,

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but what we saw in the 2019 investigations

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was above that inherent cruelty.

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It was above and beyond anything that I

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could have possibly imagined.

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And now seeing this after what we had

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seen in the past, and then Coca-Cola

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saying that they were going to make sure

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that nothing like this had ever happened again,

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and they've put $40 million now since 2019

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into animal welfare standards.

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So now to see these investigations come out

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of 2024 investigations, I can't even believe it.

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I mean, this is a huge corporation.

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They say that they have audits happening constantly,

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third-party audits and their own audits.

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And I mean, how could this happen?

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My son was horrified.

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He's been speaking out against it since it

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happened.

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Everywhere we go, we've been telling people about

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it.

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I think we have Kudo back.

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I want to read some of the statements

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that Fairlife has made.

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We invite them on at any time to

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respond, but let's talk about the history of

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this and their responses.

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So first of all, there was an investigation,

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an undercover investigation conducted by you Kudo in

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2019.

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It was released in 2019.

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And at that time, they said they were

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going to change.

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And then subsequently Coca-Cola bought Fairlife completely.

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So now Fairlife is completely owned by Coca

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-Cola.

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Correct me if I'm any mistakes.

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This is the statement that Fairlife gave in

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response to this most recent undercover investigation of

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yours.

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Let me read it and then hopefully get

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your response.

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Fairlife's response, we have zero tolerance for animal

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abuse and the supplier has suspended delivery of

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milk from these facilities.

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Fairlife does not own farms or cows and

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requires suppliers to follow stringent animal welfare standards.

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Your response to that.

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Again, they say they have suspended delivery of

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milk from these facilities.

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Your response, Kudo.

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Well, that's a pretty weak response from Fairlife.

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Suspending doesn't terminate, right?

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So they are planning on going back to

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that supplier.

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I would say very quickly.

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They possibly already have.

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They're being very, very careful with their language

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because now they know they are abusers and

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have gone into an industry that is cruelty

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by nature.

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There's no possible way to have, unfortunately, a

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cow dairy producing humane certified milk.

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It's just an impossibility.

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They now know that and they also now

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know that the animal recovery mission has their

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number, right?

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We know how to get undercover now in

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any of their facilities at any time.

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So they know that we are going to

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hammer them on a yearly basis and expose

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them.

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And whatever they do, whatever new policy they

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put in place for animal welfare, it's not

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going to work.

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And I think we showed that within this

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Arizona investigation.

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So I want to read a little bit

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more.

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And again, Fairlife is invited on at any

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time.

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We would love to get their response, further

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We would love to talk to representatives from

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Coca-Cola and we want to really show

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what their response to this situation is.

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So let me read a couple more statements

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that I got right off the Fairlife website.

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Here is the one that's been quoted most.

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We believe in better care for animals.

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Caring for animals is a top priority at

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Fairlife.

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It all begins with strong relationships with supplying

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farms.

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Our robust animal welfare programme is led by

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a full on-staff veterinarian and combines industry

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-leading standards with regular audits, strong oversight, and

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the expertise of a third-party animal advisory

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council consisting of leading experts in the dairy

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industry.

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Let's go continue.

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It doesn't end there.

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Animal Welfare Advisory Council.

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Fairlife's Animal Welfare Advisory Council consists of six

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of the top experts in the dairy and

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animal health industry.

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Together, this group works with Fairlife to review

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ongoing animal welfare programmes and guide advancement and

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improvement to our animal welfare programme based on

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new research and learnings.

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Industry-leading animal welfare standards.

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Our goal is that all cows and calves

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are provided with the best care possible.

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As a dairy processor that doesn't own farms

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or cows, we rely on the partnership of

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industry experts, advisors, and our network of supplying

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farms to help us achieve this goal.

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We are committed to continuously evaluating our animal

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welfare programme.

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That is their statement.

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Now, what I would like to do is

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play the video of your undercover investigation with

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sound.

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That's the statement of Fairlife.

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Here is the undercover investigation that you did,

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what, 2024, just a few months ago.

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By the way, those statements remain on their

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website right now.

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Top managers are using heavy machinery and electrocuting

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sick and in-labour mothers.

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In the milking parlour, mothers are beaten and

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whipped into the milking parlours.

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As punishment, their tails are snapped and broken

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in half.

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Fairlife calves are beaten, punched, dragged, whipped, then

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violently thrown into animal transports.

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In record numbers, dairy cows and cows are

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dying from abuse and neglect.

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So, let's go to Shannon first.

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You saw the statements from Fairlife, and again,

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we invite Fairlife and Coca-Cola on anytime,

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and then there's the video.

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What do you make of the discrepancy?

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I mean, it's a complete, it's fraudulent.

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It's a complete act.

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Nothing about it is real.

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They have to know because the dairy industry

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is inherently cruel, and then this is happening

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during every single investigation.

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So, it's obviously not isolated, and it's just

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laughable.

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The fact that they can feel okay with

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the name of the company and then putting

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those statements on the website, and like you

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said, they're still up there.

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It's unreal.

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They have no shame, and the fact that

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the mainstream media is not covering this is

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really, really disturbing.

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Yeah, we're getting a lot of comments, but

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as outraged as people are, Shannon, this remains

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perhaps the most successful milk company in the

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United States, according to a food dive.

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In 2024, Fairlife was the leading white milk

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brand in the United States, and they're apparently

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planning on opening a $650 million facility.

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Coca-Cola is expected to open a $650

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million facility in New York that will serve

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as Fairlife's flagship northeast location.

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So, they're not backing down and saying, yeah,

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dairy is inherently cruel.

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We're going to switch to plant-based, which

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could be done, and that's the obvious solution,

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whereas dairy is inherently cruel because you have

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to separate the mother and the baby, and

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they don't want to be separated, and whereas

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this is a dairy product, wherefore do the

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same exact thing with plant-based milk, soy

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milk, rice milk, hemp milk, almond milk, oat

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milk, the many, many milks that exist today.

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There has been so much outrage from people

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around the world over this latest scandal, is

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what I'd have to call it.

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Let's play some clips that are on social

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media.

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This is CSI actress Lena Esko reacting.

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In 2019, Animal Recovery Mission exposed Fairlife, owned

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by Coca-Cola, for their horrific animal abuse.

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Fairlife promised change.

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They lied.

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Arm just went undercover again, this time at

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dairy farms in Phoenix, Arizona, where milk is

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produced for Fairlife and Coca-Cola.

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Not only has nothing improved, but the torture

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has gotten worse.

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Please go to animalrecoverymission.org and sign the

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petition.

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Call and email the sheriff's office and Fairlife

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and demand justice now.

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So that last shot, Richard, you're saying that

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they dragged a cow over a fence by

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the neck.

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Describe that, because that was one of the

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ones that really just shook me to my

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core.

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Yeah, that was about an hour and a

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half worth of torture on that mother she

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was in labour in the milking parlour, and

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she couldn't walk because she was giving birth.

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They wanted her out of the milking parlour,

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so they dragged her across a slick floor

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by the neck, they chained her by the

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neck, and then elevated her by the neck

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over an eight-foot wall.

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They tortured her for about an hour after

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that, and then they shot her inhumanely in

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the back of the neck a few times

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and just let her lay.

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It took her a few hours, actually, to

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die, but that's very common in your Fairlife

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and Coca-Cola supplying dairies.

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It's what we saw in that facility time

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and time again, almost on a daily basis.

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It's just how they treated their animals.

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It's almost like policy at the Fairlife supplying

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dairies at this point.

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You know, the comments are people just expressing

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outrage, people who are watching this show on

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Facebook.

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I wonder if there's any perception, I mean,

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if the brand is growing, is that their

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criteria?

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Again, Coca-Cola and Fairlife on any time.

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I am emotionally devastated by having to edit

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this video.

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I don't even know how you edited the

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whole thing.

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I had to just take your clips, and

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my dogs, because I didn't have headsets on,

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were very agitated because they were hearing the

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moaning of the cows.

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I literally feel like I just can't even

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process that this is happening for a second,

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a second once, a second once.

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What does that say about our culture?

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What does that say about humanity as a

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species?

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What does that say about our values?

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That this is the number one, according to

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Food Dive, 2014, it was the leading white

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milk brand in the US.

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Now, I'm not the only one who's had

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these reactions.

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We're just going to play a couple of

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clips from social media stars, up-and-comers.

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We have an attorney.

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She is Angela Kim, and she's a social

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media attorney.

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She made this video and posted it.

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A new class action lawsuit was just filed

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against Coca-Cola for their brand Fairlife.

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The allegations are again for false advertising, and

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they boil down to the same issue.

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So rule of thumb, if a company tells

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you something about the product, it really has

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to be true, especially if it's a premium

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product that charges higher prices based on whatever

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they're telling you.

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Fairlife markets, based on giving their cows a

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fair life, explicitly says in their materials that

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they take better care of the animals that

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provide us milk.

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But this lawsuit is based on a 2024

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investigation by ARM, Animal Recovery Mission, and the

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pictures made me cry.

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I won't share them with you.

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They show horrifying abuse of cows that's applied

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to Fairlife, frequent flogging, beating, being trampled to

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death, denial of veterinary care, newborn cows being

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left to die.

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The allegations are that not only do they

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not provide a better life for their cows,

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they actually violate the industry standard of care,

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allegedly qualifying as even criminal animal cruelty.

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So class action settlements are not just about

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money.

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They also require the company to right whatever

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wrong was alleged in the first place, which

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means they either change their advertising promise, frankly

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they should change their name at this point,

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or improve their treatment of cows to a

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standard of care that is consistent with what

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they promised.

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Seemingly has not happened here.

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I will keep you posted.

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All right.

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Thank you, Angela Kim.

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That is just one.

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There were many, many examples of people talking

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about this, and she said it made her

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cry.

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I just felt so disoriented.

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How can this be happening?

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Now, look, let me just say this.

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I have several of these.

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I know exactly what's happening inside my home

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when I walk out the door.

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I also have a Furbo, which is a

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great product that actually follows my dogs, and

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I can hear it too.

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If they bark, I hear it.

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Now, these statements, this is what I want

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to get into.

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These statements that they spent something like $30

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million, according to Food Dive, in its annual

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stewardship report released in April, Fairlife said it

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had invested, along with its suppliers, nearly $30

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million in its animal welfare programme.

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Again, we showed the statements.

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I want to be very fair and show

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exactly what Fairlife is saying and Coca-Cola

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is saying.

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It also noted that its supplier farms undergo

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regular third-party audits, ensuring the highest levels

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of animal care and the highest quality products,

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end quote, the highest level of animal care.

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And you have a video of a cow

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being dragged by the neck over a wall

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and tails being broken and floggings.

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Now, this is a very cheap item.

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I have several of them.

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I can see, and there's plenty of them

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where you can hear and everything else, okay?

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It doesn't add up, $30 million, and that's

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happening not once.

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But, Kudo, are you saying that this was

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regular standard operating procedure, and was it just

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low-level employees?

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No, this was the top-level management, right

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under the owners.

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The cameras that you held up, they had

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cameras throughout the dairy.

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They adhered to all of the policies put

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in place, forced by Coca-Cola and Fairlife.

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But it just goes to show you that

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in the dairy industry, in the dairy environment,

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in a farm-like setting, in a dairy,

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cruelty is just everywhere, and it is impossible

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to steer away from it.

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Part of the problem is, with those cameras,

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the same people that were doing the abusing

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on a felony level, killing the animals inhumanely,

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were the same ones that were monitoring those

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camera systems, right?

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They were the people that were conducting the

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training for the new higher, lower-tier dairy

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worker.

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So, I will say that whatever Fairlife and

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Coca-Cola do for the future, it will

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not change the abuse in any of their

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supplying dairies, and I will put anything I

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have on that statement, that whatever dairy that

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the Animal Recovery Mission goes undercover in the

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future at Fairlife, and we're going to do

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it again, and I know the Fairlife and

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Coca-Cola attorneys are watching this, but we

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have your number.

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So, we'll be back, and the same type

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of is going to be shown again, over

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and over and over.

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Why?

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Well, because it's the dairy industry.

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Right.

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That's your prediction, and I would invite anybody

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from Coca-Cola and Fairlife, I would love

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to dialogue with you.

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Is there a win-win out of this

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situation, when we're in the 21st century, and

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we have soy milk, oat milk, almond milk,

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rice milk, hemp milk, cashew milk, all of

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these different kinds of milks, what is stopping,

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and by the way, zero-cholesterol milks, when

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they're plant-based, what is stopping a transition

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to something, if indeed, Rich Kudo is correct,

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and again, those are his allegations, and we

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would invite you on any time, if indeed,

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his allegations are correct, that there's basically no

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nice way to, on a large scale, take

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milk from mother cows and feed that to

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people while removing the calves, because otherwise they

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would drink the milk that nature intended for

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them.

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If there's no nice way to do that,

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why do it?

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Why not switch?

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It's the 21st century.

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This is a question that I put out

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to whoever is watching this from the industry.

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We invite anybody from the industry on any

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time.

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We would love to dialogue with you, and

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again, we are showing the statements that you

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have issued publicly and that are still on

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your website, so I see that we have

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a young social media influencer who's known as

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Vegan Evan, the son of Shannon Blair here.

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Hi, Vegan Evan.

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Hello.

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I just want to get your emotional reaction

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as, how old are you now?

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I'm 14.

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Okay, and come up and speak up, please,

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my dear.

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What was your emotional reaction to seeing the

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video?

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I mean, I've seen plenty of videos of

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footage from the dairy industry, which is always

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cruel.

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The dairy industry is inherently cruel, and this

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just being a step further, while they have

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so many statements about how great their care

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for these animals is, it's very appalling and

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disturbing, and these animals, they want to have

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a happy life just like we do.

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They want to be safe, not abused and

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tortured and having their babies ripped away from

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them, and it's just so gross when you

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think about it.

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We're not made to be drinking another species

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milk made for their babies.

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As infants, we're supposed to drink our mother's

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milk, just like every other mammal.

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These mother cows have to carry their babies

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for about nine months, about the same as

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a human, and when they give birth, pretty

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much right away, the baby is taken away

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from them, just so humans can steal the

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milk, and when they can't make milk anymore

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or not as much that's not as profitable,

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they're discarded like trash, and they're treated as

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commodities when they're sentient beings.

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Coca-Cola, as far as I see it,

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does not belong in the dairy industry, and

543
00:26:17,900 --> 00:26:19,740
if they do feel like they belong in

544
00:26:19,740 --> 00:26:22,040
the dairy industry, they need to transition to

545
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,240
plant-based milks and alternatives.

546
00:26:26,830 --> 00:26:30,130
Very well said from a 14-year-old

547
00:26:30,130 --> 00:26:32,510
who sounds like you could be running for

548
00:26:32,510 --> 00:26:35,750
public office, and I know there have been

549
00:26:35,750 --> 00:26:38,830
protests outside Fair Life headquarters.

550
00:26:39,570 --> 00:26:42,410
I want to play some clips of Vegan

551
00:26:42,410 --> 00:26:45,150
Evan speaking there, as well as his mother.

552
00:26:46,130 --> 00:26:48,930
You guys, this was not so long ago.

553
00:26:48,930 --> 00:26:53,050
This was very recent when Vegan Evan spoke,

554
00:26:53,230 --> 00:26:57,050
and I believe this was Chicago, and it

555
00:26:57,050 --> 00:26:59,670
needs to stop, especially under Coca-Cola.

556
00:27:00,070 --> 00:27:01,910
Coca-Cola has no business in the dairy

557
00:27:01,910 --> 00:27:02,230
industry.

558
00:27:02,650 --> 00:27:04,950
Coca-Cola makes great drinks that taste great,

559
00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:08,290
that don't require a race to exist.

560
00:27:08,610 --> 00:27:09,390
This is awful.

561
00:27:09,710 --> 00:27:10,730
This is unnecessary.

562
00:27:11,170 --> 00:27:11,830
It's violent.

563
00:27:12,150 --> 00:27:14,930
It's cruel, and we need Coca-Cola to

564
00:27:14,930 --> 00:27:17,770
cut ties with the dairy industry or switch

565
00:27:17,770 --> 00:27:19,550
to plant-based milks, because that's what the

566
00:27:19,550 --> 00:27:20,670
future is.

567
00:27:21,130 --> 00:27:22,490
It's their bodies!

568
00:27:22,590 --> 00:27:24,450
Their lives!

569
00:27:25,390 --> 00:27:26,210
Their babies!

570
00:27:28,170 --> 00:27:28,990
They don't want to live!

571
00:27:30,250 --> 00:27:31,270
Just like us!

572
00:27:31,270 --> 00:27:32,230
They want to be free!

573
00:27:32,450 --> 00:27:33,730
Just like us!

574
00:27:33,770 --> 00:27:36,750
They don't want to be physically impregnated!

575
00:27:36,790 --> 00:27:38,070
Just like us!

576
00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:39,310
They don't want to have their babies ripped

577
00:27:39,310 --> 00:27:39,970
away from them!

578
00:27:40,050 --> 00:27:41,330
Just like us!

579
00:27:41,350 --> 00:27:43,010
The babies don't want to be ripped away

580
00:27:43,010 --> 00:27:43,710
from their mothers!

581
00:27:43,910 --> 00:27:45,290
Just like us!

582
00:27:45,470 --> 00:27:47,770
Within seconds of birth, they do not want

583
00:27:47,770 --> 00:27:49,590
to be ripped away from their mothers!

584
00:27:49,810 --> 00:27:50,970
Just like us!

585
00:27:52,830 --> 00:27:55,750
So, Richard, you were there at that protest,

586
00:27:56,050 --> 00:27:56,530
as well.

587
00:27:57,350 --> 00:27:58,970
Did you get the sense that it was

588
00:27:58,970 --> 00:27:59,790
having any impact?

589
00:28:00,010 --> 00:28:02,450
Did any executives see this coming in and

590
00:28:02,450 --> 00:28:02,710
out?

591
00:28:02,810 --> 00:28:04,510
I saw the big Fair Life sign there.

592
00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:07,950
Yeah, I think the Fair Life executives now

593
00:28:07,950 --> 00:28:10,330
are just burying their heads, locking themselves in

594
00:28:10,330 --> 00:28:12,810
closets, when something like this transpires.

595
00:28:12,810 --> 00:28:16,190
When we go public with another investigation, their

596
00:28:16,190 --> 00:28:18,250
policy now is to not comment.

597
00:28:19,070 --> 00:28:24,010
And in part, what that's doing is lessening

598
00:28:24,010 --> 00:28:29,190
the negative press on their new label, Fair

599
00:28:29,190 --> 00:28:29,790
Life Milk.

600
00:28:30,290 --> 00:28:32,750
But they're just not coming out of their

601
00:28:32,750 --> 00:28:33,070
buildings.

602
00:28:33,690 --> 00:28:37,790
And they're hoping and praying that this subsides

603
00:28:37,790 --> 00:28:40,470
very, very quickly and things go back to

604
00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:40,790
normal.

605
00:28:41,710 --> 00:28:44,630
And that is the problem.

606
00:28:45,410 --> 00:28:47,770
I mean, part of the reason why some

607
00:28:47,770 --> 00:28:49,850
of the larger networks haven't run negative stories,

608
00:28:49,950 --> 00:28:53,690
well, the truth behind the Fair Life scandal

609
00:28:53,690 --> 00:28:56,610
is because Coca-Cola is the sixth largest

610
00:28:56,610 --> 00:28:58,310
corporation on planet Earth.

611
00:28:58,710 --> 00:29:00,890
They spend a lot on advertising, and they're

612
00:29:00,890 --> 00:29:03,290
using that and putting it over some of

613
00:29:03,290 --> 00:29:06,750
the larger networks, NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox News.

614
00:29:06,750 --> 00:29:10,870
But I have to jump in here and

615
00:29:10,870 --> 00:29:12,610
say, this is your opinion.

616
00:29:13,190 --> 00:29:15,110
I was in the mainstream media for many

617
00:29:15,110 --> 00:29:15,410
years.

618
00:29:15,570 --> 00:29:19,590
And I agree, advertiser-based media, advertised-based

619
00:29:19,590 --> 00:29:25,270
media, anybody who's on a major network, all

620
00:29:25,270 --> 00:29:26,430
you have to do is see the commercials

621
00:29:26,430 --> 00:29:29,410
to understand that ultimately, the commercials keep the

622
00:29:29,410 --> 00:29:29,830
lights on.

623
00:29:30,530 --> 00:29:33,970
But we certainly can't make accusations against specific

624
00:29:33,970 --> 00:29:34,470
networks.

625
00:29:35,030 --> 00:29:37,010
So I'm gonna stop you right there.

626
00:29:37,330 --> 00:29:39,770
But I wanna get back to what Shannon

627
00:29:39,770 --> 00:29:41,870
Blair said.

628
00:29:42,150 --> 00:29:45,110
And you also attended that demonstration.

629
00:29:45,110 --> 00:29:48,050
So let's hear you and the speech you

630
00:29:48,050 --> 00:29:49,930
gave, and then talk a little bit about

631
00:29:49,930 --> 00:29:53,130
what you observed and what the reaction has

632
00:29:53,130 --> 00:29:55,990
been in your opinion.

633
00:29:56,770 --> 00:30:02,030
I have three children, three beautiful babies who

634
00:30:02,030 --> 00:30:03,730
are my entire world.

635
00:30:04,890 --> 00:30:06,950
My oldest is here with me today.

636
00:30:08,530 --> 00:30:15,390
I could never imagine having my babies ripped

637
00:30:15,390 --> 00:30:18,410
away from me and not being able to

638
00:30:18,410 --> 00:30:19,650
do anything about it.

639
00:30:20,570 --> 00:30:22,550
I've been to so many dairy farms.

640
00:30:22,550 --> 00:30:26,690
They're the worst places on this planet.

641
00:30:28,390 --> 00:30:31,310
Female animals are held captive against their will

642
00:30:31,310 --> 00:30:34,070
and forcibly impregnated over and over again.

643
00:30:36,150 --> 00:30:38,690
Each time they carry their baby for nine

644
00:30:38,690 --> 00:30:40,710
months, just like a human female.

645
00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:44,110
The day that their precious baby is born,

646
00:30:44,850 --> 00:30:46,930
he or she is violently ripped away from

647
00:30:46,930 --> 00:30:49,390
their mother so that we can steal her

648
00:30:49,390 --> 00:30:50,090
breast milk.

649
00:30:51,270 --> 00:30:54,170
The dairy industry is inherently cruel.

650
00:30:55,450 --> 00:30:58,510
The dairy industry rips babies away from their

651
00:30:58,510 --> 00:31:00,210
mothers and steals their breast milk.

652
00:31:00,630 --> 00:31:01,950
That is what it is.

653
00:31:02,870 --> 00:31:07,670
But what we've seen in these three undercover

654
00:31:07,670 --> 00:31:13,730
investigations is far beyond that inherent cruelty.

655
00:31:15,010 --> 00:31:18,490
This is the most horrific abuse in the

656
00:31:18,490 --> 00:31:21,510
history of the dairy industry caught on film

657
00:31:21,510 --> 00:31:22,730
in the United States.

658
00:31:23,630 --> 00:31:30,050
They're all connected to Coca-Cola's unfair life

659
00:31:30,050 --> 00:31:31,110
plan.

660
00:31:32,130 --> 00:31:35,510
This is so shameful, and we cannot let

661
00:31:35,510 --> 00:31:37,370
them get away with this again.

662
00:31:40,610 --> 00:31:41,250
Wow.

663
00:31:42,150 --> 00:31:42,250
Wow.

664
00:31:42,290 --> 00:31:48,910
Again, I invite any industry executive, whether it's

665
00:31:48,910 --> 00:31:51,850
the suppliers, whether it's Coca-Cola, whether it's

666
00:31:51,850 --> 00:31:55,270
Fair Life, I invite you on.

667
00:31:55,850 --> 00:32:01,870
I want to dialogue with you because anything

668
00:32:01,870 --> 00:32:03,950
I could do, anything I could do as

669
00:32:03,950 --> 00:32:06,990
a human being to not have to go

670
00:32:06,990 --> 00:32:09,670
through just what I went through watching this

671
00:32:09,670 --> 00:32:13,010
and just watching it to upload it so

672
00:32:13,010 --> 00:32:14,790
that we could show clips.

673
00:32:15,150 --> 00:32:16,070
I'm shaken.

674
00:32:16,370 --> 00:32:17,410
I am shaken today.

675
00:32:17,610 --> 00:32:19,290
I've been a reporter for more than 30

676
00:32:19,290 --> 00:32:19,530
years.

677
00:32:19,630 --> 00:32:21,510
I've covered some of the most horrific crimes

678
00:32:21,510 --> 00:32:25,730
in the last 30 plus years.

679
00:32:26,910 --> 00:32:28,150
I'm shaken.

680
00:32:28,550 --> 00:32:29,310
I've cried.

681
00:32:29,910 --> 00:32:34,310
And I don't, I'm beyond just, it's not

682
00:32:34,310 --> 00:32:34,730
anger.

683
00:32:34,990 --> 00:32:39,940
It's just, what is a human being?

684
00:32:40,460 --> 00:32:42,180
What is humanity?

685
00:32:43,180 --> 00:32:43,640
Why?

686
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:44,680
Why?

687
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:45,540
Why?

688
00:32:46,420 --> 00:32:46,780
Why?

689
00:32:48,020 --> 00:32:50,420
Is there anything worth this?

690
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:51,480
Anything?

691
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:52,360
Anything?

692
00:32:54,470 --> 00:32:59,560
If there's anything worth this, please let me

693
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,320
know because I can't imagine what could be

694
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:03,200
worth this.

695
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,400
So I think I'm not the only one

696
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,880
having a shaken reaction to these videos.

697
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,040
You've heard from Shannon Blair.

698
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:18,440
You've heard from the attorney, Angela Kim.

699
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,500
You've heard from the CSI actress, and she's

700
00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,440
been in a lot of other films, Lena

701
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:24,060
Esco.

702
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:28,800
And Switch for Good is also a very,

703
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:34,040
very active organisation that has come out with

704
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:35,160
statements about this.

705
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,560
And I'm looking for their statement that we

706
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:41,720
might be able to play that because here

707
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:42,180
it is.

708
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:46,460
They also actually issued a trigger warning on

709
00:33:46,460 --> 00:33:46,980
this video.

710
00:33:47,180 --> 00:33:47,560
Hey, everyone.

711
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,380
We have something really important that we want

712
00:33:49,380 --> 00:33:50,620
to talk to you about today, but I

713
00:33:50,620 --> 00:33:52,180
have to give you a trigger warning ahead

714
00:33:52,180 --> 00:33:53,740
of time as it's disturbing to watch.

715
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,180
Last month, Animal Recovery Mission exposed horrific animal

716
00:33:57,180 --> 00:34:00,240
cruelty and environmental violations at two major suppliers

717
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,940
of Coca-Cola's Fairlife milk outside of Phoenix,

718
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:03,460
Arizona.

719
00:34:03,780 --> 00:34:06,440
Cows were kicked, whipped, dying of dehydration in

720
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,159
135 degree heat and left to die in

721
00:34:09,159 --> 00:34:10,300
horrendous conditions.

722
00:34:10,580 --> 00:34:12,199
Milk is cruel to cows and it is

723
00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:13,280
cruel to the human body.

724
00:34:13,580 --> 00:34:16,620
Despite Fairlife and Coca-Cola's claims of humane

725
00:34:16,620 --> 00:34:20,659
sourcing, Animal Recovery Mission's investigation proves the corporation's

726
00:34:20,659 --> 00:34:22,679
complicity in severe abuse.

727
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,360
Please support Switch for Good's ongoing efforts to

728
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,060
wean the world off dairy for the cows,

729
00:34:27,179 --> 00:34:28,960
for human health, for the planet, and for

730
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:29,540
food justice.

731
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:31,540
This is why we do what we do

732
00:34:31,540 --> 00:34:32,560
at Switch for Good.

733
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,620
That last kind shot, I don't know who

734
00:34:37,620 --> 00:34:39,560
that was, but that wasn't part of the

735
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:40,699
undercover video.

736
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,340
So where do we go from here?

737
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,360
There's a number of developments that I'd like

738
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:47,159
to discuss.

739
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:50,440
And one of them is the class action

740
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:51,199
lawsuit.

741
00:34:51,780 --> 00:34:53,780
And as I understand it, not being a

742
00:34:53,780 --> 00:34:56,620
lawyer, at this point it is a proposed

743
00:34:56,620 --> 00:34:58,620
class action lawsuit.

744
00:34:59,180 --> 00:35:02,500
So it was filed in connection with the

745
00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:04,140
release of this undercover video.

746
00:35:04,860 --> 00:35:07,680
And it says here, a class action complaint

747
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:11,500
for damages, restitution, and injunctive relief for violation

748
00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:15,320
of breach of express warrants, false advertising, unfair

749
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:20,340
competition, consumer legal remedies act, and unjust enrichment,

750
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,000
et cetera.

751
00:35:22,260 --> 00:35:25,860
And this is a quote from within that

752
00:35:25,860 --> 00:35:28,460
lawsuit, which runs many, many, many, many pages.

753
00:35:29,240 --> 00:35:34,260
It says, animal care and sustainability marketing scheme

754
00:35:34,260 --> 00:35:37,800
and practise are based on materially face false

755
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:42,640
misleading, untrue, and or unjust claims and omissions.

756
00:35:43,020 --> 00:35:46,440
Video evidence from multiple undercover investigations conducted by

757
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:50,480
Animal Recovery Mission arm reveals systemic widespread egregious

758
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:54,420
animal cruelty, cruel standard practises, extreme neglect, including

759
00:35:54,420 --> 00:35:56,720
at the hands of an awareness and with

760
00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:58,000
the awareness of management.

761
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:02,140
So tell us about this proposed lawsuit, Kudo,

762
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:03,540
where does it stand?

763
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,820
And it's filing in conjunction with the release

764
00:36:07,820 --> 00:36:08,940
of your undercover video.

765
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:11,340
Yeah, well, that was filed, I believe the

766
00:36:11,340 --> 00:36:14,380
day that we exposed and had our press

767
00:36:14,380 --> 00:36:15,780
conference in Phoenix.

768
00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:19,320
So we're at the beginning stages of this

769
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:19,740
lawsuit.

770
00:36:20,460 --> 00:36:22,040
It took a while for this to be

771
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,660
put together by a host of incredible attorneys,

772
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,280
some of the better attorneys in the country,

773
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,700
working side by side with the best animal

774
00:36:30,700 --> 00:36:31,580
welfare attorneys.

775
00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:35,220
But everyone needs to understand that there are

776
00:36:35,220 --> 00:36:37,660
a host of lawsuits other than this class

777
00:36:37,660 --> 00:36:40,260
action that have just been filed and that

778
00:36:40,260 --> 00:36:42,820
are being filed within the incoming weeks.

779
00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:44,880
And I don't want to give Coca-Cola

780
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:46,920
too great of a heads up on that.

781
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:48,360
So I can't go into detail.

782
00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:50,960
But things are coming down the pipeline legally

783
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:55,760
for them that hopefully are going to hurt

784
00:36:55,760 --> 00:37:00,560
this company and force them to recognise and

785
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:04,620
admit to their shortcomings and what really goes

786
00:37:04,620 --> 00:37:07,040
on behind closed doors because they haven't done

787
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:07,460
that yet.

788
00:37:09,020 --> 00:37:12,560
So what I find interesting about all this

789
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,260
is that this isn't the first class action

790
00:37:15,260 --> 00:37:15,600
suit.

791
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:23,240
Now, when you did your 2019 investigation, there

792
00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:27,120
was a class action suit that was filed

793
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:31,420
that ultimately resulted, I believe in 2022, in

794
00:37:31,420 --> 00:37:35,620
a $21 million settlement.

795
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,880
Can you tell me elaborate on that?

796
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,800
So there's already $21 million that has been

797
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:47,280
paid reportedly as part of a settlement that

798
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:53,100
emanated from your previous investigation released in 2019.

799
00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:57,540
And now there's a new proposed class action

800
00:37:57,540 --> 00:37:57,800
suit.

801
00:37:57,920 --> 00:37:59,400
And the reason I say proposed is that

802
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,560
an attorney told me until the courts take

803
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,140
it to a certain level, it's a proposed

804
00:38:03,140 --> 00:38:03,920
class action.

805
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,560
So tell us about that, the previous one.

806
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,100
Yeah, well, Coca-Cola did have to pay

807
00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:12,700
out $21 million from the first class action

808
00:38:12,700 --> 00:38:15,500
lawsuit stemming from our investigation in 2019.

809
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,540
But they also had to adhere in that

810
00:38:18,540 --> 00:38:21,180
lawsuit, overseen and signed off by a judge

811
00:38:21,180 --> 00:38:23,840
to a lot of changes in their policies.

812
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,700
And some of them you've already gone over

813
00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:30,360
cameras, you know, in their supplying barns and

814
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:33,180
new veterinary care, so on and so forth.

815
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:38,040
Also, they cannot harvest dairy, their product from

816
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:42,360
a dairy farm that's cruel to their animals.

817
00:38:42,660 --> 00:38:45,220
That is specifically said in the first class

818
00:38:45,220 --> 00:38:45,520
action.

819
00:38:45,860 --> 00:38:48,460
So they violated, right now they have violated

820
00:38:48,460 --> 00:38:50,840
their class action lawsuit from 2019.

821
00:38:51,300 --> 00:38:53,540
That right now is being looked over by

822
00:38:53,540 --> 00:38:57,060
a judge, I believe out of Illinois and

823
00:38:57,060 --> 00:38:57,840
or Michigan.

824
00:38:58,420 --> 00:39:00,860
So that's an open investigation right now.

825
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,400
And Fairlife and Coca-Cola could be looking

826
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:07,140
at a huge number in fines from that

827
00:39:07,140 --> 00:39:07,960
alone.

828
00:39:08,180 --> 00:39:09,040
Okay, thank you, Kudo.

829
00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:12,600
And again, that's Kudo's explanation.

830
00:39:12,980 --> 00:39:15,760
I will continue to invite Coca-Cola and

831
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,520
Fairlife officials, anybody connected with the industry on

832
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:22,120
at any time to further elaborate.

833
00:39:22,540 --> 00:39:25,660
Although we have placed on camera a lot

834
00:39:25,660 --> 00:39:29,680
of your statements from your website that are

835
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:30,880
up there right now.

836
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,520
I got these the night before.

837
00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,900
Okay, so these haven't been taken down.

838
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,060
These are up there right now.

839
00:39:39,180 --> 00:39:40,860
We believe in better care for animals.

840
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:42,760
So if we took you at your word,

841
00:39:43,340 --> 00:39:45,140
then if you believe in better care for

842
00:39:45,140 --> 00:39:48,040
animals, what would be the ultimate way to

843
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:50,980
ensuring better care for animals while obviously not

844
00:39:50,980 --> 00:39:51,600
using them?

845
00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:56,020
And in today's 21st century, we have plant

846
00:39:56,020 --> 00:39:56,560
-based milks.

847
00:39:57,900 --> 00:40:00,740
Ultimately, this is a consumer issue.

848
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:03,440
Is it not, Shannon Blair?

849
00:40:03,820 --> 00:40:04,340
It is.

850
00:40:04,540 --> 00:40:06,680
And Jane, earlier, you said, what does this

851
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:07,680
say about our culture?

852
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:09,260
What does this say about us?

853
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:11,700
And I think that for a second, but

854
00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:13,820
then I think about how manipulative this is

855
00:40:13,820 --> 00:40:15,240
with just the name Fairlife.

856
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,880
And it does show that the consumers, they

857
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:18,980
want to do better.

858
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,420
So this name pulls at their heartstrings.

859
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:24,340
But once people really see the inherent cruelty

860
00:40:24,340 --> 00:40:27,720
in this industry, and they're going to, because

861
00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:30,140
we have the power of social media and

862
00:40:30,140 --> 00:40:32,120
we have the truth on our side, people

863
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:33,820
are going to wake up to the reality

864
00:40:33,820 --> 00:40:36,460
of the situation that there is no right

865
00:40:36,460 --> 00:40:37,820
way to do the wrong thing.

866
00:40:38,260 --> 00:40:41,860
Coca-Cola, like vegan Evan, my son said,

867
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,160
needs to stop telling people that there's a

868
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:45,920
right way to do the wrong thing by

869
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,800
having their hands in this industry.

870
00:40:49,580 --> 00:40:52,120
And it is a consumer issue.

871
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:55,600
We all need to realise that it's not

872
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:56,600
just Fairlife.

873
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:58,860
It's the dairy industry and it's all animal

874
00:40:58,860 --> 00:40:59,340
ag.

875
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,920
There's no good way to do something to

876
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,000
an animal that doesn't have to be done

877
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,440
to them when it causes them any type

878
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:08,060
of suffering.

879
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,220
We don't need to be using them.

880
00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:13,040
And when we do, it's hurting all of

881
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,760
us in addition to what it's doing to

882
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:17,160
them and their children.

883
00:41:17,700 --> 00:41:19,200
It's affecting our health.

884
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,260
It's affecting the planet that we all share.

885
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:25,560
I just had two babies in the last

886
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:26,300
three years.

887
00:41:26,580 --> 00:41:29,560
And so when the first investigation came out

888
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:33,120
in 2019, I, like I said earlier, had

889
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,540
just recently learned about the atrocities of the

890
00:41:35,540 --> 00:41:36,840
dairy industry in general.

891
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,420
Then seeing that and having a child, it

892
00:41:39,420 --> 00:41:43,340
affected me very much emotionally because I can't

893
00:41:43,340 --> 00:41:46,100
imagine having my child ripped away from me.

894
00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:49,720
Then since that investigation, now I've had two

895
00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:51,300
more and now I see this.

896
00:41:51,620 --> 00:41:53,600
And I just look around and I see

897
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:55,020
all these mothers.

898
00:41:55,220 --> 00:41:58,560
Everyone is either a mother or there's someone's

899
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,040
child and they had a mother.

900
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,880
So it's something that I think once you

901
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,480
understand and once, I mean, most people I

902
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:07,500
think still don't even understand that this is

903
00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:10,840
another species lactation and it's not meant for

904
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:11,100
us.

905
00:42:11,220 --> 00:42:12,740
And when you put it all together, it

906
00:42:12,740 --> 00:42:13,920
becomes pretty simple.

907
00:42:14,500 --> 00:42:16,140
And I think Coca-Cola should just be

908
00:42:16,140 --> 00:42:18,860
smart and get out now because me as

909
00:42:18,860 --> 00:42:20,720
an activist, I'm not going to back down

910
00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:23,080
until everybody understands what dairy is.

911
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:25,540
And I'm not going to stop asking stores

912
00:42:25,540 --> 00:42:27,420
to take Fair Life off their shelves.

913
00:42:27,580 --> 00:42:29,740
And I'm not going to stop asking the

914
00:42:29,740 --> 00:42:31,720
mainstream media to talk about this.

915
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,380
So they should just, they're lucky.

916
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:34,480
They don't even own the farms.

917
00:42:34,620 --> 00:42:35,520
They only own the plants.

918
00:42:35,580 --> 00:42:36,860
And like you said, they can just switch

919
00:42:36,860 --> 00:42:37,420
those over.

920
00:42:38,500 --> 00:42:39,920
It is an opportunity.

921
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:44,880
In every negative situation, maybe not all of

922
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,000
them, but in a lot of negative situations,

923
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:51,200
there is a way to extract victory from

924
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:51,360
it.

925
00:42:51,860 --> 00:42:55,340
Nobody has anything personally against this company.

926
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:56,200
It's the videos.

927
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:57,960
It's the videos of what we're seeing here.

928
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:02,040
And just as a member of the human

929
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:03,560
race, I'm shaken.

930
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:05,700
I can tell you, I'm not making it

931
00:43:05,700 --> 00:43:05,920
up.

932
00:43:06,240 --> 00:43:08,580
I've seen a lot of horrible crime footage.

933
00:43:08,740 --> 00:43:10,840
I've actually seen dead people when I've covered

934
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:13,960
murder cases as a beat reporter.

935
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:17,660
But looking at that video, just really, it

936
00:43:17,660 --> 00:43:18,680
did something to me.

937
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:24,600
It just, I don't have any words for

938
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:24,860
it.

939
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:26,280
Why?

940
00:43:27,180 --> 00:43:29,360
When there's an alternative that doesn't involve using

941
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,320
cows at all, that it's just tasty and

942
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,520
has added benefit of being zero cholesterol.

943
00:43:35,660 --> 00:43:37,000
What's it going to take?

944
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:43,360
Now, back in 2019, Shannon, after the investigation

945
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:45,560
that caused a lot of headlines, okay?

946
00:43:45,700 --> 00:43:47,960
That one caused more headlines than this one,

947
00:43:48,300 --> 00:43:50,780
which is an interesting phenomenon that I know

948
00:43:50,780 --> 00:43:53,420
you addressed, Kudo, but the story isn't over

949
00:43:53,420 --> 00:43:53,680
yet.

950
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:55,060
So who knows, right?

951
00:43:55,260 --> 00:43:56,020
It's just beginning.

952
00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:00,400
But you were so desperate to spread the

953
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:04,160
word, you and your son and a group

954
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:07,140
of friends went into a supermarket and you

955
00:44:07,140 --> 00:44:10,820
did an in-store protest outside the dairy

956
00:44:10,820 --> 00:44:11,300
aisle.

957
00:44:11,940 --> 00:44:14,760
And this went viral, not from the video

958
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:16,620
you shot, but my understanding is there was

959
00:44:16,620 --> 00:44:18,880
another person, like a consumer, just looking at

960
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:20,420
it and shooting it and sold it to

961
00:44:20,420 --> 00:44:23,720
some outlet that put it up and it

962
00:44:23,720 --> 00:44:25,280
got something like a million views.

963
00:44:25,620 --> 00:44:27,020
But here- It got over 10 million

964
00:44:27,020 --> 00:44:28,060
views, actually.

965
00:44:28,300 --> 00:44:30,640
Wow, over 10 million views, this protest.

966
00:44:30,740 --> 00:44:32,560
So watch this protest.

967
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:36,600
Okay, so this is a demonstration of the

968
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:41,740
dairy industry where female cows are forcibly impregnated.

969
00:44:42,860 --> 00:44:45,620
They carry a baby for nine months, just

970
00:44:45,620 --> 00:44:48,320
like a human female, and then today their

971
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:49,740
precious baby's born.

972
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:52,040
They are ripped away from their mother.

973
00:44:52,180 --> 00:44:55,840
Their mothers cry out for days, sometimes weeks.

974
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:58,080
Please give me my baby back.

975
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,200
No, no, no.

976
00:45:00,420 --> 00:45:01,220
My baby.

977
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:03,600
Somebody help.

978
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,340
Please don't take my baby.

979
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,900
So a recent undercover investigation came out from

980
00:45:10,900 --> 00:45:13,360
Fair Oaks Farm in Indiana.

981
00:45:13,900 --> 00:45:17,020
The brand Fair Life is one of their

982
00:45:17,020 --> 00:45:19,300
products, which is distributed by Coca-Cola.

983
00:45:19,300 --> 00:45:23,360
What happens to baby cows and mother cows

984
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:25,520
on dairy farms every day?

985
00:45:26,100 --> 00:45:29,840
Mother cows are forcibly impregnated and they carry

986
00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:32,640
their babies for nine months, and when the

987
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:36,480
baby is born, the baby is stolen from

988
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:37,960
their mothers immediately.

989
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:41,040
And so we can take their dairy milk.

990
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,620
We have some footage here for Fair Life

991
00:45:44,620 --> 00:45:49,540
Farm, and today we're showing an undercover investigation

992
00:45:49,540 --> 00:45:52,980
of the abuse that these mother cows and

993
00:45:52,980 --> 00:45:55,260
baby cows endure on this dairy farm.

994
00:45:56,240 --> 00:45:58,080
Abuse is rampant on dairy farms.

995
00:45:58,220 --> 00:45:59,840
This is not just one case.

996
00:46:01,740 --> 00:46:04,800
Wow, that got 10 million views, not from

997
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:06,980
the angle that you were shooting and recording.

998
00:46:07,180 --> 00:46:08,720
And by the way, that's on Unchained TV.

999
00:46:08,820 --> 00:46:10,200
You can watch it, the whole thing.

1000
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:11,660
It goes on for quite a while.

1001
00:46:12,460 --> 00:46:13,180
It's fascinating.

1002
00:46:13,420 --> 00:46:15,820
But somebody else, a shopper, took the video

1003
00:46:15,820 --> 00:46:19,220
and sold it to an outlet, and you

1004
00:46:19,220 --> 00:46:20,620
had told me it got something like 10

1005
00:46:20,620 --> 00:46:21,260
million views.

1006
00:46:21,660 --> 00:46:23,460
But I think it's a sign of your

1007
00:46:23,460 --> 00:46:25,940
desperation, and correct me if I'm wrong to

1008
00:46:25,940 --> 00:46:26,580
get the word out.

1009
00:46:26,700 --> 00:46:28,940
I mean, people don't do that because it's

1010
00:46:28,940 --> 00:46:29,320
fun.

1011
00:46:30,020 --> 00:46:30,620
It's done.

1012
00:46:30,980 --> 00:46:33,320
It would strike me out of desperation to

1013
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:35,640
wake people up in some way, shape, or

1014
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:35,940
form.

1015
00:46:36,940 --> 00:46:39,980
Can you tell me a little bit about

1016
00:46:39,980 --> 00:46:44,100
your motives and how you felt and how

1017
00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:47,300
the others felt reenacting what happens, in their

1018
00:46:47,300 --> 00:46:48,020
opinion, in dairy?

1019
00:46:48,620 --> 00:46:50,520
So that was just one of the many

1020
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:52,100
times that we did that demonstration.

1021
00:46:52,740 --> 00:46:55,440
And the reason that we were doing it,

1022
00:46:55,460 --> 00:46:57,320
like you said, was to raise awareness about

1023
00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,520
the inherent cruelty of the dairy industry, but

1024
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:02,080
also to show this above and beyond, which

1025
00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:03,540
is why we had the props and the

1026
00:47:03,540 --> 00:47:04,820
kicking was going on.

1027
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,360
And I think that you're absolutely right.

1028
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:11,240
It was a complete attempt in desperation.

1029
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:13,820
We'll do anything that we can to get

1030
00:47:13,820 --> 00:47:15,620
people to realise what's happening.

1031
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:17,860
I've been to dairy farms all over the

1032
00:47:17,860 --> 00:47:20,200
country now, from the east coast to the

1033
00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:23,440
west coast, small, tiny farms that have only

1034
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,720
10 female cows, where I'm from in upstate

1035
00:47:25,720 --> 00:47:29,300
New York, to massive farms, ones that supplied

1036
00:47:29,300 --> 00:47:32,180
or possibly still do to fair life.

1037
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:35,960
And the just seeing the hutches that exist,

1038
00:47:36,140 --> 00:47:38,820
not an up-close view of the kicking

1039
00:47:38,820 --> 00:47:40,540
and the punching and what we've seen in

1040
00:47:40,540 --> 00:47:44,180
these undercover investigations, but just what it is.

1041
00:47:44,180 --> 00:47:48,420
It's thousands of female animals being forcibly impregnated.

1042
00:47:48,620 --> 00:47:51,640
The sperm is typically being brought from a

1043
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:52,400
different facility.

1044
00:47:52,820 --> 00:47:54,780
So there's just females on the property.

1045
00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:56,940
And when they're born, that's all they want

1046
00:47:56,940 --> 00:47:57,840
is more females.

1047
00:47:58,060 --> 00:48:00,320
So the males go somewhere else and the

1048
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:01,640
babies go in these hutches.

1049
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:05,000
And just that in itself, every single human

1050
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:07,420
being should have a problem with that.

1051
00:48:07,700 --> 00:48:10,300
And from my experience, they do once they

1052
00:48:10,300 --> 00:48:10,940
see it.

1053
00:48:11,060 --> 00:48:14,240
And that's why these industries are so desperate

1054
00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:15,120
to keep it hidden.

1055
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:17,820
And that's why I'm so desperate to get

1056
00:48:17,820 --> 00:48:20,300
the truth out is because I genuinely believe

1057
00:48:20,300 --> 00:48:21,740
that most people are good.

1058
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,620
I think most people do love animals, but

1059
00:48:24,620 --> 00:48:26,840
we've just been born into this world of

1060
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:29,880
normalised violence and we're desensitised to a lot

1061
00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:30,200
of it.

1062
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:32,800
But I don't think most people are desensitised

1063
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:34,320
to the horrors of the dairy industry.

1064
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:35,700
They're just not aware of them.

1065
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:38,120
So yes, I'll do anything I can to

1066
00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:40,320
get the word out within my legal limits.

1067
00:48:41,860 --> 00:48:42,120
Yeah.

1068
00:48:43,260 --> 00:48:43,780
Ditto.

1069
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:47,420
I mean, this is the role of journalists

1070
00:48:47,420 --> 00:48:50,060
to get this information out.

1071
00:48:50,540 --> 00:48:55,080
And as Kudo was mentioning, there's a lot

1072
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:56,740
of pressure to look the other way.

1073
00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:58,420
It's too graphic.

1074
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:02,500
So if you just write this and you

1075
00:49:02,500 --> 00:49:04,600
write an article about it without showing it,

1076
00:49:04,660 --> 00:49:05,840
it doesn't have the impact.

1077
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,020
Because it was really, I had read a

1078
00:49:08,020 --> 00:49:09,260
couple of articles and then it was when

1079
00:49:09,260 --> 00:49:11,140
I looked at the video that I started

1080
00:49:11,140 --> 00:49:16,200
having this emotional reaction that I literally was

1081
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:20,260
like, I'm embarrassed to be a member of

1082
00:49:20,260 --> 00:49:21,240
the human race.

1083
00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:23,160
That's what occurred to me.

1084
00:49:23,700 --> 00:49:26,000
Shame for my species.

1085
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:27,580
Shame.

1086
00:49:28,500 --> 00:49:31,720
And it just, it goes beyond anger.

1087
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:36,100
It goes beyond, it's just almost this existential

1088
00:49:36,100 --> 00:49:39,340
sense of why have we created hell on

1089
00:49:39,340 --> 00:49:40,260
earth for these animals?

1090
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:41,800
For what purpose?

1091
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:47,560
When there's obvious alternatives and that are better

1092
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:51,200
for the environment, that are better for human

1093
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:53,280
health because heart disease is a leading killer

1094
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:56,360
and zero cholesterol products have health benefits.

1095
00:49:57,240 --> 00:50:01,520
I just, when it doesn't make any sense

1096
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:07,420
on any level except for profit, that's when

1097
00:50:07,420 --> 00:50:10,960
I say, wow, you know, our culture has

1098
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:14,920
crossed over into something that I don't really

1099
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:15,900
recognise.

1100
00:50:16,860 --> 00:50:24,140
It's like, like I said, there's really no

1101
00:50:24,140 --> 00:50:24,980
words.

1102
00:50:25,780 --> 00:50:31,120
I will pray literally on my knees that

1103
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:37,380
Coca-Cola consider transitioning to plant-based.

1104
00:50:37,740 --> 00:50:38,940
Give it a shot.

1105
00:50:39,540 --> 00:50:41,560
Do one with oat milk.

1106
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:43,020
Just see how it goes.

1107
00:50:43,140 --> 00:50:45,400
Or soy milk or almond milk or whatever

1108
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:46,080
milk you want.

1109
00:50:46,180 --> 00:50:47,060
Just see how it goes.

1110
00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:48,960
I'm going to get on my knees and

1111
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:49,620
pray for that.

1112
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:50,440
Pray.

1113
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,700
Because I don't want to live in a

1114
00:50:54,700 --> 00:50:58,300
world where this is somehow allowed to go

1115
00:50:58,300 --> 00:50:58,540
on.

1116
00:50:59,860 --> 00:51:02,280
So final thoughts, kudos.

1117
00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:05,600
What are your final thoughts?

1118
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:10,520
And again, kudos for your courageous, relentless work

1119
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:11,360
in this field.

1120
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:12,540
Thank you.

1121
00:51:13,300 --> 00:51:15,220
I think it's important to know we are

1122
00:51:15,220 --> 00:51:16,540
working with law enforcement.

1123
00:51:17,500 --> 00:51:20,820
The sheriff's office in that county in the

1124
00:51:20,820 --> 00:51:23,600
greater Phoenix area has taken this case as

1125
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:26,660
well as the Arizona Department of Agriculture law

1126
00:51:26,660 --> 00:51:27,520
enforcement division.

1127
00:51:27,720 --> 00:51:29,000
So we are working with the head lieutenant

1128
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:29,300
there.

1129
00:51:29,860 --> 00:51:31,720
It's important to know that this is a

1130
00:51:31,720 --> 00:51:33,580
three minute video that was put out to

1131
00:51:33,580 --> 00:51:34,420
the greater public.

1132
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:37,960
But I edited this video in which I

1133
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:40,920
sent another video to law enforcement, which was

1134
00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:45,060
14 hours long with edited, small edited clips

1135
00:51:45,060 --> 00:51:50,440
of felony and misdemeanour animal cruelty only that

1136
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:51,820
violated state law.

1137
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:57,420
That type of footage, over 14 hours of

1138
00:51:57,420 --> 00:52:00,480
it, it took me up to six months

1139
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:04,560
to edit that, is beyond anything I've ever

1140
00:52:04,560 --> 00:52:07,020
edited before in any case globally.

1141
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:08,480
Not just the dairy industry.

1142
00:52:09,020 --> 00:52:10,740
So that's the type of level of cruelty

1143
00:52:10,740 --> 00:52:12,100
that we're looking at here.

1144
00:52:14,060 --> 00:52:19,320
We're hoping for felony and misdemeanour arrests, not

1145
00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:21,400
that it's going to change much, but that

1146
00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:22,900
it's going to drive media, right?

1147
00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:24,040
Because arrests drive media.

1148
00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:28,100
And that this will blow this case up

1149
00:52:28,100 --> 00:52:31,920
globally for people to be educated on Fair

1150
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:33,980
Life, but not just Fair Life milk and

1151
00:52:33,980 --> 00:52:36,140
Coca-Cola, but the dairy industry as well,

1152
00:52:36,720 --> 00:52:38,960
because this is the face of the dairy

1153
00:52:38,960 --> 00:52:40,100
industry, right?

1154
00:52:41,600 --> 00:52:45,080
So we're hoping that people are educated and

1155
00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:48,160
see who Coca-Cola really is, who Fair

1156
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:50,800
Life really is, and what the dairy industry

1157
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,760
really is and make that transition for the

1158
00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:55,640
first time in their lives possibly to go

1159
00:52:55,640 --> 00:52:58,120
to the grocery store and for the first

1160
00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:01,180
time buy that plant-based butter or yoghurt

1161
00:53:01,180 --> 00:53:07,220
milk, that first oat milk or almond milk

1162
00:53:07,220 --> 00:53:08,500
or mayonnaise.

1163
00:53:08,500 --> 00:53:13,340
There are so many tastier products out there

1164
00:53:13,340 --> 00:53:14,380
other than cow's milk.

1165
00:53:15,020 --> 00:53:18,100
And that is what's sustaining this industry, right?

1166
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:19,740
People purchasing the product.

1167
00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:23,020
So not government, not the dairy industry, but

1168
00:53:23,020 --> 00:53:25,780
we the people have the power to stop

1169
00:53:25,780 --> 00:53:26,280
the cruelty.

1170
00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:27,660
That's it.

1171
00:53:28,140 --> 00:53:29,140
It's simple.

1172
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:31,280
Yeah.

1173
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:32,520
Thank you for that.

1174
00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:34,720
And Shannon, your final thoughts.

1175
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:38,580
I'm just, well, I'm really grateful to Kudo

1176
00:53:38,580 --> 00:53:41,920
and his team for doing these investigations because

1177
00:53:42,500 --> 00:53:44,800
otherwise it just stays hidden completely.

1178
00:53:45,160 --> 00:53:47,380
And I'm so grateful to you, Jane, for

1179
00:53:47,380 --> 00:53:49,220
amplifying the situation.

1180
00:53:49,860 --> 00:53:52,480
And my final thoughts, I just hope that

1181
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:55,300
everyone who's watching will just do their best

1182
00:53:55,300 --> 00:54:00,500
to get involved and boycott Fair Life, obviously,

1183
00:54:00,780 --> 00:54:01,420
and all dairy.

1184
00:54:01,980 --> 00:54:05,160
I've been boycotting Coca-Cola and the Simply

1185
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:07,840
Juices and everything they make for years personally,

1186
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:10,100
because that's what I feel like I want

1187
00:54:10,100 --> 00:54:11,360
to do until they get out of the

1188
00:54:11,360 --> 00:54:12,000
dairy business.

1189
00:54:12,220 --> 00:54:14,560
But I hope that the average person will

1190
00:54:14,560 --> 00:54:17,500
get upset about this and that they will

1191
00:54:17,500 --> 00:54:19,980
not only do the avoiding of the dairy

1192
00:54:19,980 --> 00:54:23,020
and the brand, but also ask their store

1193
00:54:23,020 --> 00:54:25,260
managers to please take it off the shelves.

1194
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:26,940
Because if you go into a store all

1195
00:54:26,940 --> 00:54:28,940
the time, you're the one that they care

1196
00:54:28,940 --> 00:54:29,260
about.

1197
00:54:29,380 --> 00:54:30,860
So you keep doing that.

1198
00:54:30,940 --> 00:54:32,460
Enough people do that all over the place.

1199
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:34,480
Enough people make phone calls, write emails.

1200
00:54:34,640 --> 00:54:35,180
We'll get it done.

1201
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:39,160
AnimalRecoveryMission.org is where there is a petition.

1202
00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:43,160
If you want to sign it, AnimalRecoveryMission.org.

1203
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:45,560
I want to thank everybody for joining us

1204
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:46,200
for this podcast.

1205
00:54:46,340 --> 00:54:47,820
Please share it out if you're watching on

1206
00:54:47,820 --> 00:54:48,520
social media.

1207
00:54:49,020 --> 00:54:50,300
And you can also share it out if

1208
00:54:50,300 --> 00:54:52,920
you're watching it on the Unshamed TV streaming

1209
00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:53,480
network.

1210
00:54:54,580 --> 00:54:58,880
Again, I invite Coca-Cola, Fair Life, any

1211
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:01,500
industry executive involved in this in any way,

1212
00:55:01,660 --> 00:55:03,720
shape or form on to discuss.

1213
00:55:04,020 --> 00:55:05,100
I would love that.

1214
00:55:05,220 --> 00:55:08,300
I would love to dialogue with you about

1215
00:55:08,300 --> 00:55:13,700
a way forward that doesn't involve animals.

1216
00:55:14,100 --> 00:55:15,920
Thank you so much for joining us.

1217
00:55:16,900 --> 00:55:17,400
Thank you.