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		goialoq on Nov 24, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A growing number of young Americans are leaving de... How is it good for the cows? If you want cows that are "loved like family", then please explain how milking a cow is worse than a human woman getting (well, being forced into) a job as a milk producer? (Which goes far beyond "wet nursing" in terms of milk production) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_nurse#/media/File:Wet_Nurs...

why15characters on Nov 25, 2017 [–]

> then please explain how milking a cow is worse than a human woman getting (well, being forced into) a job as a milk producer?

It isn't about the cow, it is about the babies those cows must have to be able to lactate. They are chained up or crated and then killed.

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