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Re:Is-Vegan – Helps you to find out which food ingredients a... by ceejayoz on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @12:00PM (#16317539)
> You could make the same arguments about milk though, right?

Sort of, but with an important distinction - we have to keep the dairy cows having babies so they're making milk. The female calves have to be separated and fed formula (so we can get the milk; likely traumatic for the babies). The male calves are either killed or raised for veal, which is going to present... issues for vegans.

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Re:Is-Vegan – Helps you to find out which food ingredients a... by rsynnott on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @12:04PM (#16317573)
It's fairly common to kill off bee colonies for the winter in apiculture, though, isn't it? Seems like a similar general idea.
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Re:Is-Vegan – Helps you to find out which food ingredients a... by ceejayoz on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @12:13PM (#16317647)
I can't find anything in a quick Google search indicating that's any sort of common practice. Most appear to recommend feeding supplemental sugar to prep for overwintering.

Not mentioned in this guide to prepping for winter at all: https://pollinator.cals.cornell.edu/sites/pollinator.cals.co...

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