The Plight of Free Martin Cows: Nature’s Hidden Challenge
The Plight of Free Martin Cows: Nature’s Hidden Challenge
Each year in the United States, tens of thousands of Free Martin cows are born—a unique and often misunderstood group of female calves born as twins to bull calves. Approximately 86,000 Free Martins come into the world annually within dairy herds alone, from the roughly 200,000 twin calves born each year.
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