Meat digestion

[Jade]

Why does it matter if it's natural? I have vision problems so I wear glasses. Are those "natural"? Does it matter?

The animal agriculture industry causes immense amounts of suffering and greatly lowers the overall vibrations of the planet through deforestation, wild species extinction, green house gas emissions, and fertilizer runoff that is killing the oceans - this is not even taking into account the individual suffering of each animal that is bred merely to be imprisoned, tortured/mutilated, and slaughtered.

It's not about natural vs unnatural. If something is unnatural AND it causes immense suffering AND it is unnecessary, then we should probably seek other avenues.

I don't think dairy is a problem if we have an unadulterated source... just like meat.

The problem with dairy is that to drink the milk of a mother cow, the baby must be removed from the mother. This means immediate slaughter (males) or being confined and fed milk replacement until first ovulation when they are forcefully impregnated and turned into milk machines (females). I believe strongly that moms should be able to feed their babies, but that's just me. Dairy involves suffering no matter what. There is no magical farm where the cow and calf get to stay together - at least not more than a week or two. By the time the calf is a few weeks old, they need lots and lots of milk to keep growing. Since milk is the product, it's just impossible to do this on a functioning dairy.

If allowed, a cow will stay in their herd and be close with their mothers until one of them passes naturally. This is Justin and Maisie. Maisie was sent to slaughter while she was pregnant (as are most dairy cows), and luckily was rescued. Justin is an adult Holstein steer, which isn't very common at all because like I said, they die. In this picture he is almost a year old, bigger than his mom, and he is still nursing.