"K D B" > wrote in message
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> "John Coleman" > wrote in message
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> > "Richard" > wrote in message
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> > > "Digger" > wrote:
> > >
> > > > >To me, the word vegetarian refers to a creature that does not
presently
> > eat
> > > > >meat.
> > > >
> > > > And you would be wrong, as the demonstration using
> > > > a lion cub shows. The lion cub nourishes itself on its
> > > > mother's animal fats and proteins, and then goes on to
> > > > eat meat. It was never a vegetarian and never will be,
> > > > so this exception alone shows your rule to be flawed.
> > >
> > > I am a vegetarian and have been all my life. I consume dairy products
and
> > > have done all my life. Vegans do not. Understand?
> > >
> > > Of course milk is not a vegan food source! Of course it is a
vegetarian
> > food
> > > source. Vegetarians have no problem with animal by-products such as
milk.
> > > The animal is not killed for their production.
> >
> > Many of the males of the species in question are because they don't
produce
> > milk.
>
> What species? Dairy cattle do not constitute a species.

I never said anything about dairy cattle being a species. I simply refered
to "the species", but male offspring would be a better phrase.

> reason you cited for their slaughter is innacurate. They are not
> kiiled "because they don't produce milk", they are killed for the same
> reason beef cattle (also not a species) are killed: for meat. For

Many male offspring are killed immediately if they are weak - they do not
get reared and go to market as do the stronger ones, instead they are
burried (illegally) in fields or otherwise disposed of probably for pet
food. If they were female they would have lived to be exploited for milk.

John