64 sats \ 9 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 21 Oct \ on: Do cows cry? alter_native
Live next to a 900 head dairy herd - each year at calving they put some of the cows in the paddock next to us to calve and within 24 hours of the calf being born they are taken away to be raised for beef or slaughtered.
Wife pointed out some of the cows were crying after their calf was taken away - did not believe it at first- but sure enough, they do.
Cattle are as smart as a dog and have feelings for sure.
Yes we should care, but all that said I still love dairy- butter, cheese, cream and steak.
But yes, Dave, IMO livestock should be treated with care and respect.
At least the herd next to us gets to roam on the paddock, eat grass and live under the sky- not locked in a concrete floored steel walled feed lot...those animals I do truly pity.
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The factory farming requires cells taken from cows they kill for just that harvesting. To say that factory farming meat is free from the need to slaughter animals is incorrect. Gates and his crew are killing them to do their deeds, they just like to remove it one more step from the consumer.
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EVIL
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I could not ever disagree with your assessment of Gates. I am looking forward to seeing him either hang or be locked into a cage for the rest of his life. For what he has done, perhaps extinguishing his whole line and vaporizing his wealth would be proper.
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I believe we always get what we deserve eventually. I am sure he is a miserable man.
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His misery does not concern me. The results of his actions are what were and are devastating. Something more than misery might be coming his way karmically.
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It has to, right?