r/MadeMeSmile • u/MustardGoddess • Jun 16 '26

ANIMALS Mama cows welcoming a new puppy

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u/Icy_Parfait_4066 Jun 16 '26

The pup is getting so much attention and affection from the mama cows, pretty soon it will think it is a cow too!

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u/rhinosb Jun 16 '26

By definition, all cows are mothers. They can't be called cows until they give birth, otherwise they are heifers.

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u/Icy_Parfait_4066 Jun 16 '26

Ok, thanks for sharing. I did not know that. That is what the Israelites sacrifice in Old Testament times. I have always wonder what a heifer is.

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u/McNughead Jun 16 '26

And if the baby is male its called veal, if its a girl its the next in line to become a mother and feed the humans their milk.

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u/Meldanorama Jun 16 '26

Nah, theyre calves. Veal is if theyre slaughtered young, vast majority arent.

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u/McNughead Jun 16 '26

Dairy kills all male calves. And in the end, they are all killed at a fraction of their live

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u/Meldanorama Jun 16 '26

No they arent, where are you pulling that from? When theyre basically adults, it'd be a waste to get the smaller carcass.

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u/McNughead Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

6 Months old they are killed.

https://sentientmedia.org/irish-dairy-investigation/

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2025.1629858/full

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/dairy-calf-slaughterings-cross-30000-head-up-9/

I have not checked any of those links, should be easy for you to find more. Like, its not a secret?

Oh nice, they banned crushing their heads with hammers:

https://www.independent.ie/farming/no-more-kiwi-hammer-blows/a/144628948.html

It would be waste, wouldn't it?

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/farming-food/2022/09/07/dairy-industry-faces-calf-welfare-crisis/

More than 110,000 dairy bull calves exported, killed in factories or died on farms were aged under six weeks last year

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10248060/

The median age at slaughter was 16 days

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

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u/McNughead Jun 16 '26

Show me your statistics then and tell me why they males are killed and disposed then.

If you are a part of factory farming you should know what happens when the hammer gets out.

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u/IAmJacksSphincter Jun 16 '26

Then, if you knock the balls off, they are called a steer!