An attribute of the intensive cattle breading is that the animals are kept in stables and on farms with few or no ground. ... Animals are bought in other countries, imported to The Netherlands, raised, and slaughtered. ... After three months, the calves are big enough to be shipped to the abattoir, or another breading farm. In the cow-breading farm, the calves are raised until they are over one year old. ... The cow will either be slaughtered or it will be shipped to a milk farm. ...

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