Of Cows and Milk

Dec 03, 2005 18:18

Random questions surface in my mind from time to time. One of which is ( Read more... )

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carteblanche_sg December 3 2005, 14:34:36 UTC
I didn't know... maybe I should stop drinking milk...

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cszhou December 3 2005, 17:54:29 UTC
i am torn between laughing at the thought of these questions popping into your mind (I wonder what questions pop in that you don't dare LJ) and total shock at the thought of cows being continuously made pregnant. that is terrible!

Just out of curiosity, if this was the case then does that me before technology when people just used to milk cows they did not have milk all year round unless they had a lot of cows?

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badnomad December 4 2005, 06:32:36 UTC
heard at a vegetarian talk that it is not the impregnation that keep the milk going, it's the lactating hormones that is injected into cows (standard practice in diary industry). and these hormones leach into the milk (amongst other things like animal antibiotics).

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