GroundUp | 02.09.2026 05:50
Workers dig a long, narrow trench. It is summer on Mearns dairy farm, just outside Mooi River in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. It is hot and sticky. The men gently usher the cows, single-file, into the hole. Then they shoot and bury them. They believe this is the most humane way to cull these sick animals. Some of the men, experienced farmworkers familiar with animals dying, cry.*
