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The Life of a Dairy Cow

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18 points Luc | 1 comments | 03 Apr 25 19:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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yesfitz ◴[03 Apr 25 20:45 UTC] No.43575165[source]▶
Dairy products are the most easily replaceable in your diet, especially due to the ever increasing alternatives and availability thereof. If you can acknowledge that some part of the dairy industry might be cruel, you can do your part to stop it with very little effort.

Especially exciting for dairy enthusiasts are innovations like Bored Cow, https://tryboredcow.com/ (Dairy without the cow!)

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jkmcf ◴[04 Apr 25 00:42 UTC] No.43577176[source]▶
We can decide to spend our money on more ethical providers, be it eggs, milk, or meat, but as animals, we cannot get away from the circle of life.

Is it more "humane" for an animal to be eaten alive by another predator? The only difference is mankind has industrialized the process, and we don't truly give thanks because we are so separated from the process.

Edit: I don't really want to dissuade against alternatives, the problem I see is many nutritionally inferior options.

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1. neotek ◴[04 Apr 25 11:11 UTC] No.43580582[source]▶
That's called the naturalistic fallacy, and there's a clue in the name that should indicate how reliable an argument it is.

And re "nutritionally inferior", every dietetics and nutrition peak body on the planet agrees that a fully vegan diet is suitable for all people throughout all stages of life. In fact, billions of people have already lived perfectly normal, perfectly healthy vegan and vegetarian lives throughout history. If your diet — any diet — is nutritionally incomplete it's because you made the wrong choices.