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• toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  A cows natural life span is 20ish years. They’re kept perpetually pregnant for years until their bodies give out, then they’re slaughtered at around 5 years old.

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  • hans@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    cows don’t naturally live to 20 years. they can live that long if they are well fed and watered and protected from disease, predators, and the environment. that’s an artificial life span.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  ours were closer to twelve but go off the documentary you watched once

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  • hans@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    albertamilk.com/…/how-long-does-the-average-dairy…

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      you are correct all of our cattle were born seven years old

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      • hans@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        it’s possible your operation was not average, and most dairy cows only live 5 years.

        anecdotes are not data.

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