Cows and cattle were produced as livestock ever since they were known for there meat, milk and dairy. Cattle and beef cattle are the same breeds used for both milk and meat accept in the developed world today farmers generally keep either beef and dairy cattle. Through the generations, dairy breeds such as the Holstein are bred specifically to produce very high volumes of milk, the dairy and beef calves have very different lifestyles, the beef calves lifestyle only lives maximum two years then slaughtered for meat and a female dairy calve are reared on for milk production also when the calves are born they're taken away within the first 24-72 hours of been with their parents straight away because they only need their first nutrition's and farmers need the milk for the public to buy. Dairy cows can also produce within the male calves which isn't suitable for beef production, also in the UK some cows and calves are either shot at birth or could be exported to low welfare veal farms outside the UK which is not good welfare, the welfare legislation supporting for these animals is The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 and the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and these provide additional protection to farmed animal.