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So, I'm in India and when discussing veganism with these folks, they seem utterly horrified at how cows are treated in America.
In India, the cow is one of the most numinous creatures and it is, in many respects, worshiped as a god so killing, harming, and eating cow is taboo. In fact, it's even disrespectful to bother a cow as my Indian cab driver demonstrated when we sat behind on parked in the road for about 20 minutes.
But does anyone know of any reputable sources on how milk cows are treated on a commercial level in India? Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction? Some of what I'm finding on the internet is not from India so I remain skeptical of it. A lot of what I'm finding also is stuff like "How/Reasons to Start a Dairy Farm in India". lol
From the cows that I see, they are kept with families and are given complete autonomy. Indian friends claim that these cows aren't artificially inseminated but I don't know how many of them have farming backgrounds.
In India, the cow is one of the most numinous creatures and it is, in many respects, worshiped as a god so killing, harming, and eating cow is taboo. In fact, it's even disrespectful to bother a cow as my Indian cab driver demonstrated when we sat behind on parked in the road for about 20 minutes.
But does anyone know of any reputable sources on how milk cows are treated on a commercial level in India? Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction? Some of what I'm finding on the internet is not from India so I remain skeptical of it. A lot of what I'm finding also is stuff like "How/Reasons to Start a Dairy Farm in India". lol
From the cows that I see, they are kept with families and are given complete autonomy. Indian friends claim that these cows aren't artificially inseminated but I don't know how many of them have farming backgrounds.