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@colbobs.bsky.socialI picked up a publication from the vegetarian society last week and their article on ethical dairy is deficient and deceitful.
Less intensively miked but with a longer milking life cows is not more ethical, it's just differently unethical.
1.No mention of forced impregnation. Unethical.
2. No mention of forced separation of mothers from calves. Unethical.
3. No mention of fate of male calves (veal/immediate slaughter at least after her milk is in). Unethical.
4. No mention of how a 'slaughter-free' diary industry would be financed or be economically viable. Deceitful.
5. No mention of how comodification is an abhorrent harm, rings familiar to the covid-minimisers' rhetoric of 'didn't die, so it's fine'. Unethical.
6. Also bringing forth their own Vegan approved (vegetarian society version) mark.
Unethical and deceitful.
#Sentientism: an ethical philosophy that considers all sentient beings to be morally important. We care for them more if they are more sentient. I'm reviewing by humanism against this.
Veganism is morally preferred than vegetarianism and omnivory.
Nobody's perfect, but why not try for better?
thosevegancowboys.com
If people REALLY can't bear to ditch dairy (meaning your preference means you value taste more than the diabolically bad, #humanewashed and #greenwashed experiences of other sentient beings) then there is hope for the dissonance and logical inconsistency. 1/n
Yes human waste parasite, and heavy metal considerations for example are well known and understood, but the same risk analysis and mitigations aren't applied to the impacts of animal effluent on the environment. I am not saying there are no mitigations applied to animal waste fertilisation. 2/n
The limitations of sewage sludge testing are also recognised and regulations set in 1989 require review.
However, if animal waste is used, what are the safeguards for the same or other pollutants and what are the economic impediments to regulatory change?
www.bbc.co.uk
Rules around human waste in farming are 'out of date'
Sewage used as fertiliser could harm agricultural land, says a report for the Environment Agency.
www.bbc.co.uk