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They only need to be pregnant once. The calf milk is different than normal milk and can not be sold. The stuff we drink is what happens after a calf is born but you never stop milking so the cow stays productive. I think you need to revisit mamal biology. Once the process of Milk production is started milk will be produced in most mammals till the long term cessation of mamary tisssue stimulation.

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Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Even if what you said was true (spoilers: it’s not and you’re making shit up, most dairy cows are impregnated once a year) your argument is that it’s ok because we only rape and kill the cows calf shortly after birth once.

It’s fine that you have shitty opinions, but stop spreading misinformation to support them. And definitely stop doing it while using big words to smugly pretend you’re smarter than other people.

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- VictoriaAScharleau@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  most calves are brought to full weight before slaughter
  
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- VictoriaAScharleau@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  no one is raping cows
  
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Droggelbecher@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Im sorry, but what kind of mammal biology are you talking about that says that two different types of milk come from the same animal?

Also, milk production usually does go down somewhat over time and sometimes even does cease, and it’s different for every individual, which makes it less predictable and less profitable to just impregnate a cow once. This is why dairy farmers almost always try to impregnate their cows yearly. Here’s one source, there’s plenty more coming up if you look it up on a search engine though www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/farm/…/farming

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- Forester@yiffit.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Imagine having access to the entire repository of human knowledge at your fingertips and being this ignorant.
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colostrum
  
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Beaver@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Nope that’s not how it works at all. They keep reimpregnanting the mother and then they take the calf away for slaughter while the mother cries for her child for months on end.

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flamingos@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
And? My point still stands, a cow that hasn’t been impregnated will not produce milk. Is only doing it once supposed to make it better?

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