Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Got cruelty and hormones?

Monica Seles did it. Serena Williams did it. Chris Evert did it. And now, sadly, Lindsay Davenport has done it--made a Got Milk? ad for the American dairy industry. It isn't pretty, the way milk gets to the supermarket. Calves are snatched from their mothers, who cry for them. The males are placed in veal crates, where they can't even turn around, and they are bloated until they are weak and diseased, then slaughtered when they are a few months old. The females are also used as dairy cows, and when their production goes down, they, too, are slaughtered. Dairy cows do not get to graze freely, but are confined their entire lives.

Then there's the matter of the growth hormones that are injected into the cows, and the repeated artificial inseminations that create disease, which means chronic use of antibiotics. That is what people are drinking in this "wholesome" drink.

If you drink organic milk, you are drinking a much healthier beverage, but the cruelty is only slightly less, in that, at some organic dairies, cows are allowed to graze freely.

Davenport's native California "happy cows" are anything but that.

I will never understand why anyone would promote cruelty instead of fighting against it. But animal rights issues aside, it baffles me that athletes, of all people, are promoting a product that is anything but healthy.

7 Comments:

I frequently interview teenagers and have noticed that they are taller and have larger breasts than my generation (25 years ago) did. I often wonder if it's all the hormones in the cows and chickens. BTW, are you a vegan? I feel much better physically and psychially when I abstain from animal products.
anon.

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:06 AM  

I am close to being vegan, but cannot be fully so because of circumstances beyond my control. I look forward to the day when we have many more choices.

By Blogger Diane, at 8:12 AM  

I think most people really don't under stand how drinking milk can be cruel, not only to the cows but to one's own self. I remember when my dear friend got breast cancer, and I tried to gently explain to her that drinking milk could be promoting cancer growth, but she didn't want to hear it.

I recommend the book Your Life in your Hands by Jane Plant.

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