Came into the comments to read about petting baby cows. Left feeling icky. ☹️
Maybe its just cause I’m high, but baby cows are frickin adorable, and now I’m thinking about finding a rancher friend.
There’s a dairy farm somewhat close to me that let’s you pet the cows and watch them get milked. It’s pretty cool.
- Cows don’t make extra milk, you have to take their baby’s from them and then take that milk.
- Cows need to be impregnated constantly to keep milk flow.
Its possible theres an ethical dairy farm but ive yet to see one.
yeah, honestly f this thread. i went from smiling to wondering why i bothered to even look at lemmy today. ☹️
there’s gotta be something nice to look at instead!
You’re upset some people don’t find it cute to separate baby cows from their mothers immediately following birth?
Have you heard a mother cow screaming for their newborn before?
This is just like saying theres no problem with exotic animal zoos.
When animals are treated as property and a means to make money, inhumane things happen. Then those people pretend they didnt happen, and put the animal bits in nice packages that have pictures of happy animals in fields on them.
People need to stop eating meat and start eating vegans instead.
They are also delicious.
After a couple of week, maybe but not immediately.
Maybe you being busy with birthing 15 calves in the last 48 hours is the reason why dating a rancher is a hassle?
If you can’t handle a partner being largely busy for brief periods, that’s a you problem.
Don’t play with your food
The only women who appreciate being confronted with the consequences of their animal consumption are vegans, and vegans hate ranchers.
*sees cute calves*
“Oh no the horrific consequences of my actions”
That’s exactly what someone who understands where that calf comes from and the life it is going to have thinks. Do you look at photos of child slaves and think, “Awww, they’re so cute!”
That’s exactly what someone who understands where that calf comes from
“Oh no this animal was birthed by an another animal, this is such shocking news” lmao
If he’s the one popping out calves then she made the right choice.
I just traumatized 15 mothers why won’t she date me is a hell of a take
His cows gave birth. What do you mean traumatized?
Well this post is 5 years old, and there aren’t newer posts since 2021 since poster passed away, so I dont know for sure they are abusing animals, but the idea is that calves are separated from their mothers within the first few days usually. Its a traumatic experience for the baby and the mother.
The cow was forcibly impregnated which is pretty rough but thats a different issue.
The person you’re responding to is an aggressive vegan reactionary.
They abuse their cat or smth I can’t keep up with the vegan drama these days
vegan reactionary
Committing the unconscionable crime of knowing where steak comes from.
They abuse their cat
Willing to bet that cat lives 6x longer than those calves.
No they committed the social faux pa of being a gigantic douche bag.
Being a dick to people doesn’t change them.
Pretty please don’t separate the newborn from it’s mom right after birth only to kill it later and confine the mom in a tiny space and forcibly milk her dry.
Words of a reactionary extremists who hates kittens.
Thats how commercial milking works though. Which part is incorrect?
Where did OP say he raises the cows for milk?
To be fair, birth is pretty traumatizing, but this guy didn’t cause it!
Maybe you should look into a bit of what ranchers actually do…
I’ve worked on ranches and farms, and I do understand the arguments against meat farming etc. but a rancher helping cows give birth is not the issue
A good rancher is usually the indirect cause of their cows giving birth because they determine when mating occurs.
It wasn’t sheer coincidence that so many cows had calves in the same 48-hour period. Dude planned it that way by mating (or artificially inseminating) all of his heifers at the same time.
And when he kills them for profit, you can play with their organs, making puppets out of Every. Single. One.
That’s not profitable.
Sounds like some weird fantasy of yours.
Cattle farming isn’t profitable?
IDK what cattle mutilation shit you’re into.
Just what do you think happens to these animals?
Can confirm, worked in a cow organ puppet factory.
Weirdo
That is the point
