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7. People used to distribute (not sell) 7. Sale of milk and milk products. milk in excess of family requirement There is no problem in selling milk, but
it is unfair to sell an animal once it stops giving milk.
8. People used to nurture a calf- be it 8. In this era of tractor and other male or female.
machineries, male calves are no longer When male calf (bullock) grew up- needed. Further, there is a demand for was used in agriculture.
calf meat (Veal industry) which lures people to go for easy money. Cattle based agriculture to Machine based agriculture.
9. Agriculture activities were carried 9. Now, meaning of the word out with the help of animals.
'agriculture' is changed. Animals are being farmed. Factory Farm and Dairy Farm are considered as Industry We knew agriculture is farming. Don't know- who taught us to treat animal breeding and killing as farming activity ?
10. Use of animal dung as a valuable fertiliser
10. Use of chemical fertilisers. Excessive use of chemicals/fertilisers results in decreasing fertility of land. In Punjab, in the name of green revolution, farmers uses excessive chemicals in farrm. But, this has resulted in 33,000 deaths of farmers (who sprays chmicals in farm) due to cancer in last five years-(news from Divya Bhaskar-january 30, 2013).
11. Animals used to live for 20-25 years-normal full life cycle.
11. Continuous artificial insemination leads to reduction of useful life cycle of animal to 5-6 years. Once the animal becomes weak, stops giving milk or gives less milk, it goes to the slaughter house. The life span of animals is decided as per profit and loss calculation.
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