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ivelltoday at 12:09 PM1 replyview on HN

If we are really into an ethics discussion, enslaving a species to drink milk meant for their newborns would be an issue.


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yawpitchtoday at 2:07 PM

A well-nourished, well-protected, comfortable cow will produce much more milk than is required by its normal complement of newborns, and it will (and loudly) want rid of it. In my experience not milking a dairy cow of the excess would be considerably more cruel than milking it, even if you kept the milk exclusively for the newborns, and I’m pretty sure the cows I’ve seen milked in rural Nepal would agree.

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