most dairy calves are brought to full weight before slaughter.

hardly any dairy calves end up as veal.

::: spoiler the math https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/DataFiles/48685/milkcowsandprod.xlsx?v=1413.4

https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/livestock-meat-domestic-data/resource/257788c4-e153-4712-abf3-f2f339bbefec

thousands_of_head_of_cows = 9448.0
actual_cows = 1000 * thousands_of_head_of_cows
annual_male_calves = .5 * actual_cows
veal_weight_of_calves_in_pounds = 260
annual_veal_production_in_millions_of_pounds = 58
annual_percentage_of_bobby_calves_that_become_veal = ((annual_veal_production_in_millions_of_pounds * 1000000) /  (veal_weight_of_calves_in_pounds * annual_male_calves))*100
print(annual_percentage_of_bobby_calves_that_become_veal)

4.722204129486094

:::

I have like 16 library cards

what's the baseball bat for?

did you try that? I know lots of folks have, and yet this is still happening.

the whole right column and Toby Keith are in the running

did you read the article?

being vegan won't change how much water is used by agriculture

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.

somehow I read "beef and dairy". whoops

most dairy calves are brought to full weight before slaughter, and the life span of a dairy cow is about 5 years.

I dont think it makes sense to look globally

this is irrelevant to whether it's a lie that 70% of global crops are fed to animals

The purchase kills the animal, not the consumption.

the animal is usually dead before someone walks into the grocery store

humans consume about 2/3 of global crop calories

Killing animals for taste pleasure is morally wrong

no one does that, anyway. but even if they did, what is wrong with it? eating animals is fine.

no one is suggesting that, either. there is a cure for political illiteracy.

you're not engaging with the other person at all. you're treating them like they are a child to be taught. you have no idea whether they've seen these arguments before. you just threw a link at them.

it tells me that you don't know how liberal democracies lay the groundwork for fascism

this comment is very telling