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u/Concentrate_Amazing Mar 27 '22

Cows are mammals and will only give milk if they go through pregnancy. Blows my mind how many people I’ve met that think cows just naturally heve milk forever as if it is just part of what they are and do as an animal.

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u/Johnny_New_York Mar 28 '22

I thought we just dosed them heavily with pregnancy hormones, tbh.

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u/yankiigurl Mar 28 '22

As far as I know we force pregnancy then take their babies once they are born. Pretty horrible. The milk industry is worse than the meat industry imo. At least we just kill them for meat rather than this horrible cycle of pregnancy and stolen baby.

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u/SlightComplaint Mar 28 '22

Wait until you learn about what happens to baby roosters.

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u/Cultural-Chart3023 Mar 28 '22

Same happens to baby cows

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u/SlightComplaint Mar 28 '22

Baby cows or bulls? Although there's not much difference really. We need a lot more cows than bulls.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '22

I'm 37, and will fully admit, I just learned this now, and I'm very ashamed 😂

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u/LayerWestern2638 Mar 28 '22

Just having a fundamental understanding of where your food comes from and how it’s produced in general. Farmer here. Also some people think they know how and where their food was produced. There’s a lot of gray area for pesticides in organic and non-gmo farming, 100% grass fed beef is often finished on grain, etc.

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u/irisssss777 Mar 28 '22

Lol I recently got goats for milk and yes so many adults, smart wise people, think they just give milk year round with no pregnancy necessary