Cow Welfare Debate

This cluster centers on debates about the health, ethics, and practices of dairy and beef cow farming, including treatment, breeding, feeding, milking, slaughter, and comparisons to natural or grass-fed alternatives.

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Sample Comments

lazyguy Aug 16, 2019 View on HN

This sounds extremely unhealthy for the cows.

gklitz Aug 7, 2024 View on HN

The top comment does no such thing. It specifically mentions dairy cows.

tobr Nov 5, 2018 View on HN

Sorry to break it to you, but we force cows to do all sorts of things they'd rather not.

eatwater123 Mar 2, 2021 View on HN

Improving cow's lives though :)

0xBombadilo May 12, 2023 View on HN

GP doesn't understand how cattle ranching works.

sbenitoj Jun 23, 2019 View on HN

Grass fed cows are about as close as it gets

cryptonector Apr 12, 2024 View on HN

It's a bit like keeping dairy cows.

SturgeonsLaw Apr 29, 2023 View on HN

Maybe it's all the beef from those spherical cows they're eating

spark3k Mar 2, 2021 View on HN

It's definitely bad for the health of the cow.

supuun Nov 10, 2020 View on HN

we don't have enough grass to feed all the cows.