THE farms using milk vending machines, as reported in the Hereford Times, make the dairy industry sound ideal.
The farms say the cows are free-range and make all their decisions on what the cows would want.
Surely what the cows want are their calves, which have been taken away from them within a few days of birth so that humans can take their calves’ milk.
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Humans are the only mammals that continue to drink milk after weaning.
To see the cow's desperation to get her baby back as it is taken away from her is heartbreaking.
Cows’ milk is for baby calves, not milk vending machines.
MAX BURGESS
Malvern
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