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Old 27-10-2004, 17:57   #32
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Re: Milk

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Originally Posted by Chris T
Seriously though, what do calves get to drink if they're taken away from their mothers? I thought cows continue to produce milk because we continue to milk them, not because they have a young calf that's not allowed to get at the milk?
Nothing... they're slaughtered!

And when the mums dry up the AI man comes round to make them pregnant again.

Yet another of our morally questionable farming practices.
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