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[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A lot of baby cows are just straight up kidnapped from mom and killed. No way around that. Some are raised to adulthood, but on most dairy operations the kidnapping still happens even then, otherwise the calf ends up drinking the farmer's 'product' and cutting into profits. Look up footage of a calf being taken from its mom in this process. Absolutely fucking devastating.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Some people just shoot the messenger, downvoting things they’d prefer to not be true 🤷

[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

No doubt, especially about vegan stuff. People get very defensive about it, it's wild