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I am a picky eater so I doubt I could ever go vegan but I do think some of the stuff done is really odd and sad... Like to lactate they need to keep having babi
by Keverw 8y ago
I am a picky eater so I doubt I could ever go vegan but I do think some of the stuff done is really odd and sad... Like to lactate they need to keep having babies. Like if you're a woman you can't just go produce breast milk on demand like it's some sort of tap. Because the milk is meant to feed your young. That's why we have veal, as they keep having to have babies and they don't want to spend the resources to let them grow up to be big happy cows on a open field. So they are killed so young, little chance to even live and start their lives.
Then for silk fabric, they boil the sac's alive.
Then a lot of meat and egg plants, due to bio security the employees there have to wear company issued underwear and clothes which isn't cleaned between shifts always... Some reports of them wearing disposable diapers instead for underwear.
So a lot of odd things go on in the farming industry. I love eating steak and chicken but if I had to go kill them myself I'd feel so guilty. Well some kids raised on farms will play with the chickens and then grow up where their parrents force them to kill them and help out on the farm.
Seems like a hard life. I always wanted to own a farm though, nice open fields and private. No loud neighbors or anything, seems peaceful but I'd stick to somthing like corn, water melons, pumpkins, potatoes probably. Well plants are technically alive too but I guess they don't show any emotion and aren't fluffy.
- GordonS 8y ago> Like to lactate they need to keep having babies. Like if you're a woman you can't just go produce breast milk on demand like it's some sort of tap Not true - a woman will keep producing milk for as long as it is being taken. A woman could continue to express milk indefinitely after stopping feeding their infant. As an aside, lookup "nursing maids".
- Keverw 8y agoInteresting, wonder if the same applies with cows? I know on PETA's website they say "Cows produce milk for the same reason why humans and other mammals do: to nourish their young. But the millions of cows who live on U.S. dairy farms are forced into a vicious cycle of continuous pregnancy so that they will produce milk for human consumption." [1] Only reason I really looked into this is I have a friend who's vegan and I'm like "What's wrong with milk? How are you hurting them?" since not eating their meat. Thinking cows that made milk were some magical special animal that main purpose was just making milk. I've never been a huge fan of plain milk, but I do love ice cream, milk in coffee, mashed potatoes, tomato soup I like with milk better, etc. [1] https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/animals-used-food-factsheets/veal-byproduct-cruel-dairy-industry/ https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/animals-us...
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoI honestly don't know either way, but I wouldn't trust PETA's word on anything without double-checking. I believe they mean well, but they've never shied from bending the truth and using blatant propaganda techniques to try to meet their ends. If cows are forced into continuous pregnancy, it's more likely to be because beef is very profitable...