At least half the 10 million dairy cows in the U.S. spend their lives in crowded, concrete-floored milking pens or barns. Artificially inseminated on what factory farmers call “the rape rack,” the dairy cow’s male calves are sold to the veal industry within two days.
Veal calves spend their short lives chained inside tiny crates and are killed when they are just 12-16 weeks old. Deliberately starved of vital nutrients, the calves suffer from anemia and other diseases.
Factory-farmed cows are sprayed with pesticides and dosed with antibiotics, hormones, and tranquilizers. The residues of these chemicals are passed on to those who consume the animals’ flesh and milk.
Milk is not “a natural.” Cow’s milk is suited to the needs of calves who double their weight in 47 days, have four stomachs, and weigh 300 pounds within a year. It contains three times as much protein and 50 percent more fat than human milk.
Feeding cow’s milk to human babies can cause colic, bleeding in the intestines, allergies, and anemia and has been linked to the development of juvenile diabetes. In adults, it has been implicated in heart disease, certain cancers, stroke, adult onset diabetes, and osteoporosis.

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