Cows give milk 300 days after calving. They peak about 50 days after calving and taper off. If we don't use the males except a couple for breeding, what will we do with thousands of male calves? Chickens are the same.
And I know the vid you posted gets trotted out every once in a while, but in reality processors want the animal super calm so adrenaline doesn't spoil the meat. Only muslim nations like to bleed-out animals. My husband's grandfather owned a dairy. They rarely killed an animal, but owning a large animal means being responsible for killing it. Even now when a favorite beloved horse gets old and lame, we shoot it in the head, just like the bolt-gun we use for cattle.
But I understand that people live different lives. And I fully respect your right to live your life as you see fit. But I don't understand what the end goal would be if no one wanted meat. A world without cows or chickens or pigs seems worse to me.
Cows give milk 300 days after calving. They peak about 50 days after calving and taper off. If we don't use the males except a couple for breeding, what will we do with thousands of male calves? Chickens are the same.
And I know the vid you posted gets trotted out every once in a while, but in reality processors want the animal super calm so adrenaline doesn't spoil the meat. Only muslim nations like to bleed-out animals. My husband's grandfather owned a dairy. They rarely killed an animal, but owning a large animal means being responsible for killing it. Even now when a favorite beloved horse gets old and lame, we shoot it in the head, just like the bolt-gun we use for cattle.
But I understand that people live different lives. And I fully respect your right to live your life as you see fit. But I don't understand what the end goal would be if no one wanted meat. A world without cows or chickens or pigs seems worse to me.