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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On Friday, August 23, 2019 at 4:09:10 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> >
> > Are all y'all really that uninformed? The dairy industry only needs
> > females so the males are killed. When the females are over their milk
> > production peak, they're also killed. Duh.
> >
> Well, not all bulls are killed. A cow will only give milk after she has had
> a calf. Even if she is artificially inseminated that bovine sperm has to
> come from somewhere.

Roughly half of all dairy calves born are male. Using AI one stud
bull can inseminate thousands of cows, so most male dairy breeds are
castrated. Dairy breeds have limited meat-value so redundant males face
a very short lifespan.

Janet UK