During his Oscars speech, Joaquin Phoenix spoke out about dairy cows.
In part, he said “We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow, and when she gives birth we steal her baby, even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable. And then we take her milk that’s intended for her calf and we put it in our coffee and our cereal.”
That’s not playing well for some in the Dairy State.
‘Dairy Carrie’ blogger Carrie Mess wrote a blog Monday addressed to Joaquin Phoenix.
In part, it reads “Joaquin, you don’t need to drink milk. You don’t need to use or consume animal products. I respect your beliefs. But understand that there is no one more connected to the natural world than the farmers who are out here in the places you’ve never heard of, caring for the land and the animals.”
Mess was a guest on Wisconsin’s Morning News. Hear her full interview below.