MOO TOO: Should Feminists Drink Dairy Milk?
JUSTINE BUTLER: Cows are sometimes portrayed as lacking intelligence but studies show that they play games, recognise different humans and have a variety of calls to communicate with one another. They have different personalities, hold grudges, bicker, bond and form long-term friendships. In the wild, mothers and daughters stay together for life. They can also feel anxious and depressed and their natural lives are very different to those they are forced to lead on a dairy farm...
Shortly after her first birthday, a modern dairy cow will be confined and forcibly impregnated using restraining…