This is a thought provoking informative article. I had thought the dairy industry cows were much better treated than cows who are slaughtered for our meat consumption.

I was horrified as a child, when having an uncle who worked in the meat industry, I once enquired how the bullocks were killed. I was told that they knocked them in the head with a hammer like instrument and it sometimes took a few blows to finish them off. The worst part was the other bullocks were lined up behind the one being slaughtered and could see what their fate was going to be.

Later on I was told they changed the method to shooting a huge bolt into their heads. I have no idea how they do it today but I hope it is kinder than these methods used in earlier times.

As for milk, could we not substitute coconut milk or something and add the vitamins and minerals a baby needs. I think there may be a problem with soy milk for babies because of the phytoestrogen component.

Most of us just don’t like to think about the kill factor in food we eat, but maybe we should. Public Awareness might result in kinder methods
Of production.

Yes, it's not just the killing of animals that concerns me, but what about the killing of those poor widdwe vegetables?