Is drinking milk considered animal cruelty?

Question

Just wondering if drinking milk is cruel.

Answer 1

no
the cow produces more milk than its calf can drink
we're actually doing her a favor

Answer 2

I am a new vegetarian and was going to keep eating eggs and drinking milk, although I'm not too crazy about eggs. But I have done some research and I have decided to give soy milk a chance cuz I read a few places about what happens to dairy cows and it is as bad as the slaughterhouse cows! And milk DOES have gross stuff in it like pus and blood from the cow's raw, sore, often infected udders. GROSS! I am so grossed out, I didn't know it'd be so easy to say NO to milk!!

Answer 3

Absolutely! Most people are uneducated about the dairy industry, that's why most people here have answered "no" to your question. THEY DON'T KNOW THE CRUELTIES.

barebackrider_19 has it right on the money. The dairy industry is cruel, a hell for cows, and if you consume dairy, any dairy (even ice cream, even whipped cream), then you are supporting the veal industry.

Milk is also disgusting. Think about it... animals drink when they're BABIES, then they STOP DRINKING MILK ALTOGETHER. No species keeps on suckling milk forever, not even human beings. Animals drink from their own species, they don't cross suckle. Would a human female suckle a little piglet? Eeuw, no, I hope not! It's NOT NATURAL to drink milk after infancy, and certainly not natural to drink it from another species.

Got pus? Milk is contaminated with pus, did you know that? Yes, every glass of milk has pus in it. Check it out:
http://www.milksucks.com/pus.asp

Go here to see a video about the milk industry. After that, ask yourself whether or not it's animal cruelty. The video starts out hilarious, as I laughed out loud, then it gets down to the nitty gritty:
http://www.milkgonewild.com/

Answer 4

No, because it is a natural thing. If cows are fed special stuff to produce certain types of milk, yes it is animal cruelty. But usually drinking milk is not cruel.

Answer 5

Well, I'm sure there are people who think it's cruel due the fact that many cows are specifically raised for commercial milk. I, personally, don't think it's cruel if you choose a company that has humane practices. I drink organic milk and like Organic Valley because they have great ethic toward animals and the environment.

Answer 6

It depends. Some people think that taking their milk is fine and/or doing it a favor since it produces so much milk, some have to be guaranteed that the milk is taken from the cow as gently as possiblem and others won't take the milk period.
It all depends on who you talk to.

Answer 7

The soy milk is what I drink and not a vegetarian. But they can have as high as 25% blood in the milk and they pump them full of harmones. They bleach the milk to keep it white.
So I decided that I would try soy milk and it tastes pretty good.

Answer 8

100% Lacto-vegetarian (I assume you are not Ovo-lacto as you don't mention anything about eggs). Not vegan. Even if the cows are treated like gods, it is still NOT vegan how much you argue it. Not having meat, fish eggs AND milk is the whole point of veganism. It's just like a vegetarian saying "I am vegetarian but I eat free range fish that are treated humanely". Veganism is got nothing to do with hormones or steroids injected into them. Even "humane" dairy farms, cows are forced to give birth to produce a lot of milk. Their calf are not allowed to drink the milk to produce a lot of milk for people to buy. Even if that is not happening (I very much doubt it), it is still not vegan. Vegans believe that they must not use animal products, even if it is not cruel. Cows produce produce milk for themselves, not us. By the way, I am not vegan but vegetarian.

Answer 9

Why should it be cruel? The cow was bred and had a calf and the milk we bottle is extra milk. Milk is good for you. The cow is well treated. The male calves do get sold as veal, but the female are raised to make more milk.

Answer 10

Yes. Drinking milk is not only cruel, its also really gross. Do you know what is in milk?

Answer 11

Well, it depends. If the factory that processes the milk hurts the cows, an ex. is they don't get to room freely in pastures, then yes it is. If it is organic milk, where they don't stick horomones into the cows it's not abuse.