Fwd: Another Mother to Honor This Mother's Day

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Mary Max <mrsmax

Mary Max <mrsmax

Wed, 6 May 2009 12:23 pm

Another Mother to Honor This Mother's Day

 

 

 

Hi Everybody,

 

 

 

 

 

With it being Mother’s Day this Sunday, I’d like to acknowledge all the

wonderful mothers out there, both human and animal. In particular and as a bit

of a contrast, though, I’d like to highlight the plight of mother cows.

 

 

 

 

 

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For a seemingly innocent glass of milk, chunk of cheese, container of

yogurt, cheap hamburger, and white veal, female cows are forced to be mothers. That is, they are

constantly impregnated so they will produce milk. (I bet you thought, like I

used to, that they just naturally provide a never-ending supply!)

 

 

 

 

 

There are many problems with this, but I’ll mention just a few:

 

 

 

 

 

-Why should any female, human or non-human, be forced to be a baby-making

machine? This is feminism 101!

 

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-Once the mother cow gives birth, her baby is stolen from her. Could you

imagine if this were done to a cat after birthing kittens or a dog after

birthing puppies? Mother cows bellow for days looking for their babies.

 

 

-To add insult to injury, mother cows are then “hooked up†and milked.

It’s cold and painful, not warm and nurturing as it would be if she were able

to be with her young.

 

 

-Female cows endure this cycle for years until they are finally turned

into cheap hamburger.

 

 

 

 

 

A few words about the stolen babies:

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Female calves neve r feel the warmth and love of their mothers as they

are kept in a separate area, first raised on formula and then fed some sort of

cheap feed until they are “ready†to be added to the baby-making/milk-producing

system.

 

 

-Male calves are sent to veal farms where they are kept tethered in

cramped, filthy, cold crates, and fed an anemic diet. Could you imagine this

being done to a kitten or puppy? And all for the sake of “succulent white

veal.â€

 

 

 

 

 

Humans do not need to consume

dairy to be healthy. It actual makes us

less healthy because the saturated fat clogs our arteries, and the acidic nature of its protein aggravates osteoporosis.

Calcium can be found in many plant foods such as sesame seeds, leafy greens,

and fortified juices and cereals. Contrary to popular o pinion, protein can be found in all plant foods, but especially in

beans, nuts, seeds, tofu, tempeh, and seitan.

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, we are the only species that drinks the milk from another

species! I think we would find it bizarre if a giraffe drank the milk of a

rhinoceros or a zebra drank the milk of a pig. Cows’ milk is meant for baby

cows, not us! We have our mothers’ milk for a while and then that should be it.

So, if you do consume dairy or eat hamburger or veal, please keep this alert in

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0perhaps choose to honor mother cows by not eating those things.

 

 

 

 

 

On behalf of the animals, thank you for your consideration,

 

 

Mary