THINK before you DRINK that healthy glass of milk.....

Do you know how COW'S MILK is obtained? I didn't. I was really stupid and thought "oh, they milk cows - milk comes out, and that's it - how nice!" Around 2004 we visited a dairy farm in Upstate NY - not to buy milk or cheese but to buy maple syrup, which they also sold. It was then that we saw baby calves being born and hauled away to be killed as "veal" and "other beef"..... It was also then that we saw female cows CRYING for their babies (and vice versa!). We asked. Cows (female) only produce milk when they lactate, which is when they are pregnant. They are kept in constant state of pregnancy (by artificial insemination) in order to produce milk. And because cows are not meant to be pregnant (by nature) ALL the time - their udders often develop cysts or are so bloated that the cows can barely stand....speaking of which, most of these "dairy cows" spend their lives TRAPPED in metal bars where they can only STAND, eat and "produce milk" (or birth a calf now and then - which is quickly taken away). Some of them have their tails "docked" which is a painful process - done without any anesthesia - so they are no longer able to "swish their tails" to chase away pests like flies. Why are their tails docked? It makes it "so much easier" for the constant artificial insemination these poor things are forced to receive. FOUR YEARS - that is the average life of a dairy cow.....after that, they've "outlived their usefulness" and are sent to slaughter. In reality, cows/steers can live about 25-30 years. TO dairy farmers - the cows only have about 4 years' "worth". THAT, my friend, is WHERE your "glass of milk" comes from. Thank God - and without really knowing WHY - we switched to SOYMILK a long, long, long time ago. If anyone thinks that the "dairy industry" is cruel-free - guess again!! LEARN how cows produce milk and why (because they are constantly impregnated) and LEARN what happens to their babies (especially the males, who are considered "worthless" to a dairy industry). Personally - I can't drink a glass of cow's milk ever again. I know TOO MUCH. If you want to pretend to be ignorant and believe that cow's milk is just "given freely" by cows - that's your decision. I have told you what I've seen; the rest is up to you.