eggs and milk

[Guest guest]

Aside from the very valid concern about cholesterol, I'd agree to that sentiment

only as far as the eggs go Suha. Chickens naturally lay eggs during the warmer

seasons, and as long as they aren't fertilized by a rooster, they just rot.

However, there *ARE* the health issues associated with eating eggs...

cholesterol, salmonella, etc.

 

Regarding cows, they only give milk if they have had a calf. To get the milk,

one either needs to own a bull.... (ever seen the injuries a bull can inflict to

the cows back during mating?); or artificially inseminate the cow (a human

purposefully inserting a frozen plug of bull sperm into the ovulating cow seems

like commodification to me). This forces the cow to endure pregnancy and

delivery... with all the usual risks and discomforts. Assuming a successful

delivery, the cow produces milk according to how much the calf suckles. If

people want to also suckle from the cow (by milking her), they force the cow to

make more milk than necessary to care for her calf. ... all of which puts the

cow at risk for mastitis.

 

So, all in all, I think a vegan diet really ends up being first choice.

 

Deborah

 

>Suha Sleibi

>I always thought that if i raise animals (chicken and cows) i will definately

eat their eggs >and drink their milk without adding any burden on my conscience

because i will care for them, >love them and not treat them as commodities.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Deborah,

 

Many Vegans, myself included, resorted to veganism out of their desmay and

condemnation to the cruel milk and eggs industry and not for health purposes.

Being a Middle Eastern, i was raised on eating delicious kinds of cheese and

labneh. I gave that up not because i care about my health but rather because I

care about the animals.

 

You're right. Drinking milk from the cow means robing the young of his mother's

milk. But knowing myself and how much care and love I would be giving the

animals if I were to raise any, the idea of consuming their milk and eggs makes

me feel less guilty, somehow. Of course this whole idea of raising cows and

chicken is impossible for me as i live in an apartment in California and not in

a ranch.

 

 

Deborah Pageau <dpageau wrote:

Aside from the very valid concern about cholesterol, I'd agree to that sentiment

only as far as the eggs go Suha. Chickens naturally lay eggs during the warmer

seasons, and as long as they aren't fertilized by a rooster, they just rot.

However, there *ARE* the health issues associated with eating eggs...

cholesterol, salmonella, etc.

 

Regarding cows, they only give milk if they have had a calf. To get the milk,

one either needs to own a bull.... (ever seen the injuries a bull can inflict to

the cows back during mating?); or artificially inseminate the cow (a human

purposefully inserting a frozen plug of bull sperm into the ovulating cow seems

like commodification to me). This forces the cow to endure pregnancy and

delivery... with all the usual risks and discomforts. Assuming a successful

delivery, the cow produces milk according to how much the calf suckles. If

people want to also suckle from the cow (by milking her), they force the cow to

make more milk than necessary to care for her calf. ... all of which puts the

cow at risk for mastitis.

 

So, all in all, I think a vegan diet really ends up being first choice.

 

Deborah

 

>Suha Sleibi

>I always thought that if i raise animals (chicken and cows) i will definately

eat their eggs >and drink their milk without adding any burden on my conscience

because i will care for them, >love them and not treat them as commodities.