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How dairy robots are changing work for cows and farmers

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225 points DonHopkins | 1 comments | 15 Apr 25 22:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.6s | source
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decimalenough ◴[16 Apr 25 00:36 UTC] No.43700087[source]▶
Serious question: why would a dairy care about the cow's quality of life? The setup in the video looks far more expensive than what most dairies actually do, which is keeping cows tightly confined in stalls where they can't move at all.
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HeyLaughingBoy ◴[16 Apr 25 01:03 UTC] No.43700245[source]▶
> why would a dairy care about the cow's quality of life?

Believe it or not, most people who go into animal husbandry do so because they enjoy working with animals and care deeply about their welfare.

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1. adrianN ◴[16 Apr 25 03:11 UTC] No.43701043[source]▶
The state of industrialized meat production seems to suggest the opposite.