Vegans don’t drink milk either. And sticking one’s hand up a cow bum is a fast way to identify and treat several health related things. Artificial insemination just makes it easier for the farmers I guess.
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Soulg@ani.social 1 day ago
What does any of that have to do with eating or not eating meat lol
HereIAm@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I’m no bovine biologist or veterinarian. I was confused as to why artificial insemination would be done with a fist and forearm up the ass.
Curse my search history, but now I know.
vice.com/…/my-dad-gets-shoulder-deep-in-cow-ass/
Like all journeys of enlightenment, initial answers only raise more and deeper concerns. Why aren’t they wearing scrubs? Why aren’t they wearing to-the-shoulder medical gloves. Why are they smiling? Why do 30% of the cows smile and groan with pleasure.
I have a more profound understanding now - of the addage “Ignorance is bliss”.
nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Not much. This is mostly about animal milk production. Cows have to be pregnant in order to produce milk for their calves. But dairy farmers artificially inseminate (rape) cows and steal the milk meant for the calves.
Male calves and cows who get old are sent to slaughter houses for meat, and other products like leather.
So, it does have to do a little about eating and not eating meat, but it is mostly about animal milk.
MrsVeggies@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
Milk is a side hustle for the meat industry.
lalo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
The same process is done to cows that will be slaughtered to meat, otherwise the farmers wouldn’t be able to selectively breed and would be risky to the cows (cows have a high risk of injury when getting mounted by a bull). Farmers find a bull with the desired fenotype, buy his semen and impregnate the cows in the same manner you see pictured by OP.