CAN A COW GIVE MILK WITHOUT being PREGNANT?
Many people find it difficult to understand why the dairy industry is cruel. After all, cows produce milk naturally and milking seems a relatively benign procedure. In truth however, dairy is a for-profit business which inflict great suffering upon cows. ….The dairy industry would like us to believe that cows are miraculously suited by nature to produce large quantities of milk for human consumption. In fact, cows lactate for the same reason as all mammals, including humans – to feed their babies. To produce milk in profitable quantities a dairy cow must be made pregnant every twelve months. Left to her own devices she would produce just enough milk to feed her calf who would suckle for up to a year. But instead her calf is taken away just a few days after birth, still small, bewildered and totally dependent on its mother, so that her milk can be stolen and drunk by humans. Cows and their calves form strong bonds and the separation causes intense distress to both. ….Professor John
