[Felvtalk] Factory Farming

[Natalie]

We are the ONLY species that consume the milk of another species.  The real
purpose of cow's milk is to make a calf grow into a thousand pound animal in
a short time.....

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Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Factory Farming

Yet we call ourselves CIVILIZED!
---- Marcia <marciabmarcia at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Yes Veal calves r sick for their very short lives. And very anemic, hence
the light color meat. They lick thebars of their cages for iron. One ofthe
most barbaric practices I've heard of. Let alone that they r taken away from
their mothers who have  a very strongmaternal bond. very sad. We don't need
milk after we r babies!! But the dairy industry tells us we do.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 16, 2011, at 5:52 AM, Lorrie <felinerescue at frontier.com> wrote:
> 
> > Right, factory farming is extremely cruel. Animals seem to be 
> > treated horribly regardless of whether they are wild animals, 
> > domestic animals or even pets in some cases.  What gets me is people 
> > who have pampered pets but care absolutely nothing about how other 
> > animals are treated...
> > 
> > 
> > On 09-16, MaiMaiPG wrote:
> >>    Factory  farmed  animals  need  protection  too.   I  understand
that
> >>   chickens can be caged with as little as 12 inches of space, with
their
> >>   beaks  cut  off,  etc while veal calves have little or no room to
move
> >>   since that leads to muscles and less tender meat.  Talk about sick.
> > 
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