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  I hope to goodness that the collapse of the entire dairy industry is realized.  Is anyone else bothered by the fact that 1) we are the only species to drink milk from another species and 2) we are the only species to drink milk beyond infancy?  Cows produce milk to feed THEIR young, period.  There is absolutely nothing we need from drinking milk that we can't get from another, much healthier, source.  The dairy industry --large- or small-scale-- is not a pretty one, so let's not pretend it is.  Elanor, are you honestly worried about dairy cows with a future in fast-food hamburger?  Either you are not or you have not done your homework, because if you were actually concerned or had done your homework, you'd realize that the second those dairy cows can no longer produce milk, they are sent to slaughter.  No farmer has the resources available to maintain cows simply to maintain cows.  If they are not producing milk which equates to no money coming in, then the only thing left for them to do is sell the cow for its meat and other parts.  They are in it for the business, and you are kidding yourself if you think otherwise.  If you truly believe farmers respect the cows in their industry for being the living, breathing animals they are, then tell me how many of them keep the animals after they stop producing milk.  Also, let me remind you that the dairy industry DIRECTLY supports the veal industry.  As soon as calves are born to their mothers, the boys are taken and sold to veal farmers, and this is an ugly truth about which most people remain blissfully ignorant.  Even if you personally do not eat veal, you are responsible for its existence by being a dairy consumer.  Again, I ask you to tell me how many respectable dairy farmers rightfully allow the calves to remain with their mothers after they are born.  And, the dairy industry (along with the meat industry) plays a lead role in the production of greenhouse gas emissions, which we know all too well are what greatly contribute to global climate change.  And, that is the most inconvenient truth about which no one seems to want to acknowledge or address.  So, is it really time to save our nation's dairy farmers?  Absolutely it is not.  And, maybe you should think a little deeper about your movie analogy.  If anyone is being ripped off and not getting credit for something they've worked so hard to produce it's not the dairy farmers, but rather the COWS.  You are right about one thing, however.  This issue comes down to a question of fairness; fairness for animals, humans, and the planet we all call home.

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