Pure milk is a myth, and even if it exists, how many people are able to obtain it? Even those who do have their own cows and are not exploiting them, drink milk and consume milk products whose origin is unknown when they eat or drink products that are purchased.

Like all mammals, including humans, the cow or buffalo produces milk only for its young. Today cows and buffaloes are artificially inseminated at the earliest, and then again within 2 months of delivery. Thus, they are milked while they are pregnant and by the time the flow lessens the next calf is born. The technique of artificial insemination can be compared with rape. A cow that is made repeatedly pregnant is productive for about 4 to 5 pregnancies – up to 6 to 7 years of her life. After this, she is often disposed of by slaughter (by age 7). Normally, an unexploited cow can live up to 27 years.

In most cases, the calf is deprived of the first milk (the colostrum), which is sold as a delicacy. Female calves get the only first and last sips of their mother’s milk. Male calves are often left to die of starvation. (In the West they are sold for veal often on the very day they are born).

When a cow’s udder is manipulated by humans or machines the cow undergoes injuries, which lead to inflammation and sepsis. This is why commercial cow feed contains antibiotics. On an average, a glass of milk contains 7 drops of pus. In India, milk is transported in non-refrigerated trucks through long distances. Earthworms or urea is added to the milk to prevent spoilage.  Do you still believe in pure milk that is suitable for human consumption?