Mother! Did You Kill the Cow?
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Like all mammals, cows must give birth in order to make milk.
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Like human mothers, they carry their babies for nine months, then begin to lactate for the sole purpose of nourishing their young. Even so, virtually all dairy calves are stolen from their mothers within hours of birth in order to maximize profit. On so-called humane dairy farms , cows are often taken within the first hour of birth as separation of mother and calf is considered less stressful when they have not been allowed to bond see video clip below. The constant cycle of forced pregnancy and birth creates a huge surplus of calves. Some female calves will join the milking herd.
They typically spend the first 2 to 3 months of life confined in lonely hutches, fed a diet of milk replacer while humans drink the milk intended for them. The veal industry would not exist without the dairy industry. Of the 9 million dairy cows in the U. Feel-good dairy labels , like all humane labels, are merely so much window dressing. Check out our Guide to Going Dairy Free for tips and recommendations on remarkable plant-based milks, cheeses , creams, yogurts and more. Mother cow is as useful dead as when she is alive.
We can make use of every part of her body-her flesh, her bones, her intestines, her horns and her skin.
This is picture book of the memories Eloise Carlson had growing up on her farm. The garden was the source of food for the family and Mother's price possession. Eloise Beal Carlson is a graduate from Brigham Young University in Early Childhood Education. Marrying her high school sweetheart, her education served her.
Well, I say this not to disparage the mother who gives us birth, but in order to show you the substantial reasons for my worshipping the cow. The central fact of Hinduism is cow protection. Cow protection to me is one of the most wonderful phenomena in human evolution.
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It takes the human being beyond this species. The cow to me means the entire sub-human world.
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Man through the cow is enjoined to realize his identity with all that lives. Why the cow was selected for apotheosis is obvious to me. The cow was in India the best companion. She was the giver of plenty.
Not only did she give milk, but she also made agriculture possible Cow protection is the gift of Hinduism to the world. I would not kill a human being for protection a cow, as I will not kill a cow for saving a human life, be it ever so precious. My religion teaches me that I should by personal conduct instill into the minds of those who might hold different views, the conviction that cow-killing is a sin and that, therefore, it ought to be abandoned. Cow slaughter can never be stopped by law.
Knowledge, education, and the spirit of kindliness towards her alone can put and end to it.
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It will not be possible to save those animals that are a burden on the land or, perhaps, even man if he is a burden. My ambition is no less than to see the principle of cow protection established throughout the world. But that requires that I should set my own house thoroughly in order first. Cow protection to me is not mere protection of the cow. It means protection of that lives and is helpless and weak in the world.
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But lit me reiterate. People seem to think that, when a law is passed against any evil, it will die without any further effort.
There never was a grosser self-deception. Legislation is intended and is effective against an ignorant or a small, evil-minded minority; but no legislation which is opposed by an intelligent and organized public opinion, or under cover of religion by a fanatical minority, can ever succeed. The more I study the question of cow protection, the stronger the conviction grows upon me that protection of the cow and her progeny can be attained only if there is continuous and sustained constructive effort along the lines suggested by me.
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It is a vital question for India. There is urgent need for deep study and the spirit of sacrifice.
To amass money and dole out charity does not connote real business capacity. To know how to preserve cattle, to impart this knowledge to the millions, to live up to the ideal oneself, and to spend money on this endeavor is real business.
In so far as the pure economic necessity of cow protection is concerned, it can be easily secured if the question was considered on that ground alone.