I agree these are barbaric practises @tygertyger , and it makes me sad also that we do to animals things what would be considered as a crime if it was perpetrated to humans....
Yet, I do not let my own sadness of this state of fact take away my own "divine" joy of being close to these cows and caressing them and connecting me to their pure kindness of soul ... I suppose that you do the same with your cats and your dogs, and they are happy to be connected to you by joy! ;-)
Thanks for your appeciation and Have a wonderful day my dear ^_^ 
Yes my fur kids are the source of most of my joy in life <3 and thank you for the lovely flower kitteh :D