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It discusses that in the article. 80% Of Indians are Hindus and believe cows are sacred. Suggesting they abandon their cultural beliefs just to maximize yields

It discusses that in the article. 80% Of Indians are Hindus and believe cows are sacred. Suggesting they abandon their cultural beliefs just to maximize yields is ignorant of their way of life. Not everyone needs to live or believe like us.

ArkanExplorer 6y ago
This is not the 1700s, where cows could wander through village streets and live an organic life. Cows in Indian cities today live in slums, surrounded by pollution and disease. They feed on roadside garbage, and their stomachs become compacted with plastic bags. This is the second top result from Google detailing more of the suffering: https://sharan-india.org/cattle-in-india/ https://sharan-india.org/cattle-in-india/ Proper slaughter would improve the conditions of cattle.
qiqing 6y ago
For real. When I hear "cows are like a member of the family" I think "oh, like cats and dogs are members of my family." And if everyone around me had to adjust to a culture where dogs were treated like the dairy and veal and cattle industry? There would be an outcry.
- zapdrive 6y ago
  Not the same. You care for your dog even when they are old and sick. Cows in India are only cared until they give milk. Once that is over, they are left out in the streets to rot.
  - nmridul 6y ago
    You care for your animal when you can "afford". Whether it be dog or cow. When it gets beyond your means, you hear about abandoned pets the same way you hear about abandoned cows.
duxup 6y ago
>just to maximize yields It's not as if everyone is just doing fine and some rando person demanded they 'maximize yields' the problems of these cows being sick impacts the folks who own these cows too...
gruez 6y ago
>80% Of Indians are Hindus and believe cows are sacred Even that has some internal inconsistency. The cows are too sacred to kill, but not sacred enough to vaccinate against a preventable disease? The article says that vaccination might drop milk output by 20%, so it seems like to them cows are less sacred than the almighty dollar (or rupee).
wolfretcrap 6y ago
But believing something is sacred then milking it? If Indians truly believe cow as a family, how does it make sense to milk a family member?
- teachrdan 6y ago
  You just answered your own question: Babies routinely drink their mother's breast milk, but almost never kill them.
  - wolfretcrap 6y ago
    But does baby milk mother without her consent? How can you milk cow without its consent how does cow consent to it. Seems not a fair comparison.
    - TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
      Cows that need to be milked welcome milking, otherwise their utters get sore and tender. Just like humans.

ArkanExplorer 6y ago

This is not the 1700s, where cows could wander through village streets and live an organic life. Cows in Indian cities today live in slums, surrounded by pollution and disease. They feed on roadside garbage, and their stomachs become compacted with plastic bags. This is the second top result from Google detailing more of the suffering: https://sharan-india.org/cattle-in-india/ https://sharan-india.org/cattle-in-india/ Proper slaughter would improve the conditions of cattle.

qiqing 6y ago

For real. When I hear "cows are like a member of the family" I think "oh, like cats and dogs are members of my family." And if everyone around me had to adjust to a culture where dogs were treated like the dairy and veal and cattle industry? There would be an outcry.

zapdrive 6y ago
Not the same. You care for your dog even when they are old and sick. Cows in India are only cared until they give milk. Once that is over, they are left out in the streets to rot.
- nmridul 6y ago
  You care for your animal when you can "afford". Whether it be dog or cow. When it gets beyond your means, you hear about abandoned pets the same way you hear about abandoned cows.

duxup 6y ago

>just to maximize yields It's not as if everyone is just doing fine and some rando person demanded they 'maximize yields' the problems of these cows being sick impacts the folks who own these cows too...

gruez 6y ago

>80% Of Indians are Hindus and believe cows are sacred Even that has some internal inconsistency. The cows are too sacred to kill, but not sacred enough to vaccinate against a preventable disease? The article says that vaccination might drop milk output by 20%, so it seems like to them cows are less sacred than the almighty dollar (or rupee).

wolfretcrap 6y ago

But believing something is sacred then milking it? If Indians truly believe cow as a family, how does it make sense to milk a family member?

teachrdan 6y ago
You just answered your own question: Babies routinely drink their mother's breast milk, but almost never kill them.
- wolfretcrap 6y ago
  But does baby milk mother without her consent? How can you milk cow without its consent how does cow consent to it. Seems not a fair comparison.
  - TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
    Cows that need to be milked welcome milking, otherwise their utters get sore and tender. Just like humans.