Just the thought of my children forcibly being taken from me sends me reeling. Yet our species does this to other species countless times everyday. The emotional and physical pain we cause is immeasurable. We are the only species that consumes another species lactating fluid. This is the reason why I finally left vegetarianism behind and went vegan almost 5 years ago. ・・・#Repost @jane_doe7x・・・97% of dairy calves are forcibly removed from their mothers within the first 12 hours of being born, the rest within a couple of days.Every year, the cows are forcibly impregnated, they give birth after nine months and they grieve their babies that they will never see again, all so humans can drink their milk.Due to extensive biological manipulation, today's dairy cows produce up to 12 times more milk than they would naturally produce to feed their babies, and every drop is sold while their babies are fed milk replacer through a rubber teat mounted on a stand or forced fed through a tube pushed down their throats into their stomachs. The females will soon be dairy cows themselves, destined to the same exploitive existence as their mother, slaves to dairy farmers. The males are shot or bludgeoned immediately after birth or sold to veal farmers and their throats are slit at 4-6 months old.21 MILLION calves are slaughtered globally every year.Their mothers will be slaughtered as waste products also, at a fraction of their natural lifespan when their production slows. In the US every year 3 Million dairy cows are slaughtered at around 4 years old when naturally they live to be 20-25 years old. Their overworked, worn out bodies become ground beef, hamburgers and pet food.The egg industry is the same.Every day that you're not vegan, you're inflicting unnecessary suffering and death. Making victims that you can never bring back and never apologise to. Animals are just like us in every way that matters. There's no justification for exploiting them, treating them like property, machines and mere resources. Veganism means justice.GO VEGAN 💚EDUCATE OTHERShttp://www.howdoigovegan.com/ | Tony Kanal