The Cows · Page 20
Men have bred us to conform to this artificial lifestyle, and our calves grow too big inside of us to be born naturally.
When we are used to produce milk, our young are taken from us at birth and killed.
A cow must have a calf to produce milk. In the milk industry, calves are routinely killed at birth to harvest all of the milk.
In the past, the farmer would have taken only some of the cows’ milk and allowed the calf to grow alongside its mother, albeit a little slower.
Intensive selection for maximum production has also reduced the natural rusticity of domestic animals and made them increasingly dependent on humans.
In India, where the cow is considered sacred, certain communities limit the cows’ reproduction, so they have only enough calves to replace older members of the original herd.