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Re:Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho ‘Ag-Gag Law’ by Asbostos on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @01:33AM (#10008165)
Your argument about lifespan doesn't seem to make sense. Every species has some lifespan. Many are shorter than dairy cows. How do you decide what the "proper" lifespan is? Is it the lifespan of its ancestors? How many generations back do you go? Go too far and it may become shorter again. At the end of the day, a cow doesn't worry "oh I'm only going to live 4 years instead of the 20 that those lucky wild cows used to have".

I think you're invoking a human emotion about dying and having a short life which is entirely meaningless in the context of cows.

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Re:Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho ‘Ag-Gag Law’ by bayesianhorse on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @02:48AM (#10008312)
The problem with these ages is that the cow's maximum productivity is reached around the sixth year. If she is culled before that, it's because of a medical issue which is not economically treatable.

If that happens all the time, then very probably these issues could be avoided by proper care. Breeding has a lot to do with it, also.

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