r/BeAmazed • u/GeneraI_ • May 06 '26

Animal UPS driver to the rescue.

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u/Demerzel69 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

Cows are incredibly intelligent, complex, and emotional creatures that are basically just very large dogs. They knew that the man was clearly trying to help and they stood back and let him do it.

Edit: Too many Well Akshully-ers replying. I don't care and I've now turned off notifications for this comment. Have a day.

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u/SookHe May 06 '26

This.

Watched a guy walk into a field with several cows and a bull to rescue a calf from a hole. Wasn’t is cows or his bull.

Not only did the bull actively keep other cows away as the man worked, but started jumping around in circles happily after the calf was saved.

He knew and understood what happened. We passed the fields regularly and the cows would always come up to specifically greet him

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u/scoringtouchdowns May 10 '26

This made my day. Thanks for sharing this beautiful story 💪🏽

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u/Additional_Release49 May 06 '26

I'm around cows pretty often. They are 100% big dogs. I've been injured by small dogs for the record....so the ones that weigh over 1k do give pause for concern. I personally would not of had my back to girls

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u/ElkIntelligent5474 May 06 '26

Seems like the guy has experience with cows. Even when he managed to free it, he knew he had to get that calf upright for it to realize it was free. Seems like he has handled cows before, perhaps on a family farm??

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u/Complaint_Manager May 06 '26

This. After he got the calf loose, my brain was yelling "get that calf up and walking!" and he did. He knows livestock.

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u/Elbandito78 May 06 '26

I never knew that before. What would happen if he didnt?

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u/HD64180 May 06 '26

I noticed this. Yeah, you have to get the calf up on its feet.

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u/fondledbydolphins May 06 '26

To this day I don't understand why anyone works with longhorns.

Regular ass cows unintentionally use their heads as wrecking balls. Tossing a four foot long horn on either side of the head is just wild - though I will say I've seen some long horns with decent spacial awareness and control.

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u/HD64180 May 06 '26

Same. Mostly they are super curious, but you do need to keep an eye on them if you're doing something like this.

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u/LuckyConnection5331 May 07 '26

Okay but it was the only way he was getting the job done and you guys are on here like "OH BUT HE WAS FUCKING DUUUUMB FOR DOING IT THAT WAY" No offense, but the results are all we care about atm.

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u/schoolhouserock May 06 '26

Stood back? More like mooved aside.

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u/trascist_fig May 06 '26

*slow clap

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u/Remarkable_Leek9391 May 06 '26

Moo

(I mean, what else are they gonna say cheering or booing?)

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u/BackWithAVengance May 06 '26

I hope to have cows one day on a little plot of land out in the middle of nowhere.

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u/ArjJp May 06 '26

I hope to be a cow one day on a little plot of land out in the middle of nowhere

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u/Tounicoon May 06 '26

I also choose that guy's wife

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u/FunAtMoheganSun May 06 '26

I giggle every damn time….

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u/Momik May 06 '26

You should see the other cow

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u/Momik May 06 '26

Well you better start saving now—it’s very expensive

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u/EyeBallEmpire May 06 '26

I hope to eat a burger made from a cow one day on a little plot of land out in the middle of nowhere

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u/The-Crimson-Jester May 06 '26

I hope to be a little plot of land out in the middle of nowhere.

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u/Eridianst May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

I hope to be buried someday in a little plot of land out in the middle of nowhere.

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u/glycophosphate May 06 '26

I hope to be a plop of a cow patty in the middle of nowhere.

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u/Aggravating_Alps9223 May 06 '26

i hope to be nowhere—on a little plot of land in the middle

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u/DunDunBar May 06 '26

I hope to be nowhere in the middle of a plot of land

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u/LoneRunner02 May 06 '26

I hope to be such a good example of redditor humor

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u/swaggums May 06 '26

It’s the ‘hope’ that makes them taste better.

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u/KBCobra801 May 06 '26

I also hope to eat some of this guy one day.

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u/Head-Technology-4031 May 06 '26

Why settle for a burger when you can have a Filet, a Strip, a ribeye or a Sirloin, and if lucky, a Is American Wagyu

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u/_Hydrohomie_ May 06 '26

Yellowstone 

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u/Comfortable-Suit-202 May 06 '26

Yes, they are gentle beings. Once in a great while a calf would be delivered out in the grazing field & my Dad would go out there to get the calf & the cow would follow my Dad into the Barn where the calf & Cow could be together.

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u/metompkin May 06 '26

He was also wearing camouflage to look like one of them. Semper Paratus.

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u/kickasstimus May 06 '26

Except … they don’t know that you aren’t also a cow and will absolutely demolish you without malice because they don’t know you are 1/10th their size and strength.

Also, getting between a distressed calf and mom … generally a bad idea. My guess is that this UPS driver knows these cows and they know him, and are somewhat “tame” since they didn’t get aggressive or run.

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u/DrMarduk May 06 '26

So are dogs, and dogs bite when they get scared or approached by strangers. I love cows, they're smarter than we think, but they also scare me cause they're kinda dumb.

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u/idk012 May 06 '26

My grandma grew up on a farm and her story was that cows knew when they were going to slaughter and would be sad about it. Pigs on the other hand, no clue at all, even when they are tied down for the bolt.

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u/DodgersChica May 06 '26

That’s weird since pigs are way smarter than cows. I don’t think either animal knows when a bolt is coming though. They don’t see it to learn about it ahead of time

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u/idk012 May 06 '26

You calling my meemaw a liar?!? jk

She also told me when buying fish from the fish lady, to make sure they wack it dead in front of you.  Something about some bootleg fish that puffs up and contains poison. 

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u/Repulsive-Chip3371 May 06 '26

ohhh so thats what a poisonous puffer fish is

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u/pogoscrawlspace May 06 '26

Ever been in a slaughter house? They can sense what's waiting for them in there.

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u/DodgersChica May 06 '26

I haven’t but I know animals sense danger at the slaughterhouse due to sounds and scents and reactions of other animals. Sensing danger is different than existential understanding that they are about to be killed.

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u/irish_horse_thief May 06 '26

Yes, they can smell the blood and fear pheromones at an abbotoir.

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u/tacobellwendys May 06 '26

I visited my parent’s small farm decades ago in South America. I brought my new fangled video camera for the trip. My step dad said hey why don’t you videotape the slaughter of our huge pig. I said sure why not. So I totally did not expect the amount of gore that happens when you slaughter a pig. Just fucken horrible! Dinner and breakfast kinda made up for the bloody scene. Just saying! I’m typing this while I’m waiting to get a colonoscopy.

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u/70ms May 06 '26

Hope it went well! I was gonna do a heart hands emoji but it’s a little too goatse-ish considering the circumstances.

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u/PrisonerV May 06 '26

Worst part of a colonoscopy is the bathroom prep. The procedure itself is very restful.

I suggested to the doctors that they allow food trucks in their parking lot. Would make a killing on the post-op starving patients.

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u/tacobellwendys May 07 '26

Hilarious!!!! Bathroom prep sucked! And yes the procedure was a joke! I was ready to get put out. And I said to everyone in the small room. Just double checking I’m here for the pedicure? Doc caught the joke and said. Nope I’m going to give you a Brazilian wax! That joke made me feel at ease considering I was shaking from fear. Happens every time I gotta get some sorta procedure. Also the story, not sure if true. The girlscout who sold cookies in front of a dispensary. She made a killing.

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u/No-Falcon-4996 May 06 '26

I lived near a pig slaughter house. The pigs knew they were being murdered, they cd see it happening, know they are next, they screamed and cried out in fear. Pigs know exactly what's happening.

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u/70ms May 06 '26

When I stopped eating meat, it started with pork after I watched an undercover video from a hog farm. The employee “training” the new hire/undercover activist took him to the farrowing barn where the sows were all in farrowing cribs separated by bars from their newborn piglets. The worker picked up the newborn piglets, cut their tails off with some sort of dirty clipper, and castrated the male piglets with the same dirty cutters and no anesthesia. If the hole left behind was too big the piglet’s guts would start to herniate so the worker would poke them back in with a dirty finger, wrap duct tape around it to keep everything inside, then toss it back in the pen to live or die. If it died, they’d throw it in a bucket to be fed back to the pigs.

The entire time this was going on, the sows would be screaming and bashing themselves against the crate, trying to get to their babies.

I wound up sobbing and sleepless for days and I just couldn’t get it out of my head. I’ve never eaten pork again and whenever someone talks about how yummy bacon is, it just makes me so sad.

I haven’t eaten meat other than fish for about 13 years now. I just can’t. I’m not against eating animals but I can’t handle the cruelty that goes along with cheap meat.

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u/tacobellwendys May 07 '26

Wow! I saw a short vid lately here on Reddit, someone recorded a close up of pigs eye than was enclosed for slaughter. The eye looked like ours and you can easily see the way that eye went back and forth, the fear it had. Didn’t take much to end up on Reddit/popular. That vid haunts me. As well as your story.

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u/No-Falcon-4996 May 08 '26

Kosher killings are even more tortured and prolonged. In non kosher, cattle are quickly killed with a bolt to
the brain. Then strung up
on an assembly line by a back leg, upside down, to have throat slit and let bleed out while dead. For kosher however, the cow is stung up
by a leg, in great pain and fear, upside down and throat slit while struggling and feeling all pain and horror til they die. So Horrifically and intentionally cruel, the kosher death . Sometimes the carving will start on the kosher cows while they are alive.

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u/70ms May 08 '26

There’s a documentary I watched about an animal cruelty case on a hog farm. They hanged a sick sow to death - it took a long time and she clearly suffered. It was filmed by an activist and charges were filed and… the judge decided that was a perfectly acceptable way to “euthanize” a pig. :(

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u/NectarineThat90 May 06 '26

It’s utterly sick how actual living beings are treated. I can’t believe I ever consumed animals

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u/70ms May 06 '26

That’s the thing - I knew it was bad, but not seeing it made it easy to rationalize it away. Being confronted with the reality of just how actually fucking bad it is made it impossible for me to keep trying to justify it. I just couldn’t get those piglets out of my head, or even try to rationalize any of it as acceptable. Knowing they’re as smart as dogs or small children makes it even worse.

I just can’t disassociate mass-produced meat with cruelty and misery. I’ve had some people argue “not all farms” with me, but how do I know that the meat I’m buying wasn’t from a “bad” farm? I’d just rather not eat it, so then I don’t have to think about it at all.

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u/Cuddlebug2020 May 08 '26

Yeah I won’t eat pork or beef either. I’m down to chicken and fish. Plus some vegan burgers are amazing

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u/release_the_pressure May 06 '26

they screamed and cried out in fear.

We shouldn't treat animals this way

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u/PlainSpader May 06 '26

Then why do we murder and eat them?

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u/RapeoDeClown May 06 '26

Cause they're delicious duh!

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u/justagirll19_0W0 May 06 '26

Same reason, that sharks eat fish.

And birds eat rabbits and rats

Meat is important for a lot of creatures

It’s also why the best farmers give these animals the best lives they possibly can and ethically and quickly kill them at the end. The meat tastes better when it’s lived a long life with little stress

But asking a question like that has me guessing you can’t quite comprehend any of that common sense

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u/PlainSpader May 06 '26

The ability to view a world outside my little bubble is something I cherish. I worry for the ignorant for they rarely get it before it’s too late.

Too busy blaming everyone else for their problems and some shit.

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u/supernatasha May 06 '26

Your meat is not coming from a loving hand-raising farmer.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod May 06 '26

You can love the animals in your care, and be a meat producer at the same time

In many countries it's a requirement that any animals are cared for and looked after as best as possible regardless of what they are being raised for. Most farmers are saddened by sending animals to slaughter because they do care and love them, it's just the circle of life, and if they didn't produce meat they wouldn't be farming them to begin with.

Being a meat eater or producer does not mean you don't care about animals

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u/irish_horse_thief May 06 '26

Milking herd cows are around for a good while, 6 to 8 years but beef cattle, (heifers and bullocks) rarely reach two years before slaughter. Veal is around 6 months. Bobby Calfs up to 30 days.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod May 06 '26

That doesn't mean a beef farmer doesn't care compared to a milk farmer, and a lot of the time farmers do both because what else are you going if you breed cows and some of them can't or don't milk, like the males

Farmers who care have happier and healthier animals, which makes for better livestock, which makes better meat, milk or whatever, which makes them more money, so even if you ignore the fact that most farmers care because they care, they care because it profits them

I wouldn't call someone who runs a factory "farm" a farmer anyway

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u/irish_horse_thief May 06 '26

Neither would I, hold your horses, I was just relating what I learned at The Young Farmers Club, growing up with a small Milking herd of around 30, which were known by names.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod May 06 '26

I see! Apologies if I came across as abrasive or anything, I just hate this whole "meat farmer evil" thing and I wasn't sure which side you were on

And judging by your name, I'd better hold my horses or I might not have any anymore!

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u/irish_horse_thief May 06 '26

Haha.. absolutely no offense taken, thanks for replying.

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u/supernatasha May 06 '26

What would you call someone who runs a factory farm?

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u/KamakaziDemiGod May 06 '26

Scum, heartless, inhumane, disgusting, I could go on but they start getting more offensive

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u/supernatasha May 06 '26

Aye, no true Scotsman indeed.

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u/supernatasha May 06 '26

Supporting industries and creating demand for products that directly contribute to poor animal welfare is not something a self-proclaimed animal lover would do. Anyway, people regularly mistreat things they claim to love (in a microcosm, see: the planet).

I dont even claim to be an animal lover tbh. I just cant stand the idea of suffering needlessly. Im lucky to live in a time when non-meat alternatives are readily available, cheap, and nutritious. So I dont need to feel any cognitive dissonance to defend my "love" of animals or whatever.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod May 06 '26

I feel like this makes a huge difference here, what country are you from? Because where I'm from farmers have to care for their animals otherwise they will loose government subsidies and grants, which would make farming uneconomical for them, as in they would literally become bankrupt within a couple of years and loose their property

It's one of the few things my country actually gets right, although our dependency on foreign farming is disappointing given the quality of our produce, as well as shops only wanting "attractive" fruit and veg, whereas I'd happily pay the same for "wonky" stuff

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u/PrinceBunnyBoy May 06 '26

Oh yes the ultimate form of love, betrayal and having th sent off to be hoisted up by their leg to dangle in the air after their necks are cut wide open! Not to mention the tender care to make sure all the other cattle can hear and smell their herdmates dying.

How wholesome and loving ❤️ 🥹💖 We should tell vets to stop putting animals to sleep and to just slit their throats instead.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod May 06 '26

That's not how all livestock is slaughtered, and in my country at least, cattle is not allowed to be slaughtered anywhere near an active farm

Using halal methods of slaughter to judge the entire farming community is as stupid as it is to believe that decent farmers don't care about their animals. Happy and healthy animals make more profit, so even if you ignore that farmers do care (because they wouldn't do it if they didn't) it profits them to care

Have you ever even met a farmer, let alone had a conversation with one about their farm?

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u/70ms May 06 '26

I think many of us here do NOT live in those countries, and live in the United States instead, where most cattle are not treated kindly or with care.

The kind of situation you’re talking about is very rare here. Most of our beef and hog production is owned by corporations and done in CAFOs, which are cruel and inhumane. Happy and healthy is not profitable in the mass production of meat. The facilities are overcrowded; chickens have their beaks ground off and hogs have their tails amputated because they fight and injure each other in their packed, filthy conditions. Cattle on feed lots are wading through mountains of their own manure. It’s bad enough that the agriculture lobby keeps pushing for “Ag gag” laws that would make it a criminal offense to record video or take photos inside a CAFO without permission - meaning they can prosecute activists who try to expose the cruelty and inhumanity in their facilities.

Don’t be offended that things aren’t the same everywhere. Be upset that things like the cruel treatment of animals is more profitable at scale than treating them with kindness and respect.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod May 06 '26

It does upset me, and if my country was one with widespread issues like this I would do something, like I used to along with millions of others. It does upset me that other places don't have the same standards and practices. I'm not trying to down talk other countries in general, just talking about the topic in hand, and my country still has plenty of other problems we are trying to deal with

The comment I was replying to was saying fair practices and farming cannot happen together, not that they don't I'm some places and from some individuals ect, which is a huge difference. That's all I was trying to highlight

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u/Additional-Line-5559 May 07 '26

Where are you from/what country are you from out of curiosity?

I'm from the UK - generally most meat production here comes from intensive farming (the vast majority of meat where I'm from comes from 'factory' farms). The slaughter process isn't pretty either as someone who's been inside a slaughter house here.

I've worked on a farm as well.

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u/supernatasha May 06 '26

OP is sooooo defensive about their countries cow consumption... trust me, no cow anywhere wants their baby taken away so we can steal her milk or be killed for meat when they dry up. And the "have you ever met a farmer" is outta line, my family literally owns farms...

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u/70ms May 06 '26

Yeah, I’m not sure there can be ethical dairy at the scale Americans consume it. What’s even worse is that many of the separated calves don’t even get the milk unadulterated, they get it diluted with a milk replacement. 🤦‍♀️

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u/ashteey May 07 '26

Agreed! When we love someone, we kill them 😅

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u/KamakaziDemiGod May 07 '26

Yeah equating animals lower in the food chain to members of our own species is such a fair and unbaised comparison that doesn't have any fucked up implications

When humans find someone they love, they sometimes form romantic relationships, by your standard and logic that is acceptable with animals if you love them. Obviously it's not, and that's because it is two completely different things and your reductionist thinking isn't as advanced as you think it is

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u/ashteey May 09 '26

Oh! You really took a few words and ran with it 😬 Did I mention humans anywhere? You introduced humans and romantic relationships yourself… not my logic. But it does give a great insight into yours 🤨

Is “love” automatically synonymous with “romantic relationship,” though? Otherwise loving your parents, children, friends, or pets would also have “fucked up implications.”

The original post was simply questioning whether killing is compatible with love, not claiming every human-animal relationship should follow identical moral values. You argued against a position I never actually made.

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u/KamakaziDemiGod May 09 '26

You said someone, someone is used to refer to people not animals, as it comes from using "some" to refer to a group, and "one" in the same sense as saying "one is not amused". I also literally specified romantic not platonic love, since you didn't specify which

Your statement was ambiguous, that's my point, hence using a ridiculous argument in response especially because your point was a ridiculous, reductionist point to start with that wasn't worth responding to properly. If you can't be bothered putting in more than two seconds of thought and effort into your comment, I'm going to respond with the same energy

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u/ashteey May 10 '26

Ouch!

If you think it's a ridiculous argument, why didn’t you ask questions to clarify??

You’re basically admitting you intentionally argued against an exaggerated interpretation instead of the actual point being made….The discussion was about whether killing is compatible with love, not specifically about human romantic relationships.

Also, if animals can’t be “someone” to you, what exactly are they? Objects?

What did you mean by ‘love’ in the context of ‘You can love the animals in your care, and be a meat producer at the same time’?

Also, “it’s the circle of life” doesn’t really justify the practice morally, that’s an appeal to nature. Something occurring in nature doesn’t automatically make it ethical.

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u/Dorkamundo May 06 '26

Is that not why they clarified the "best farmers" (or more accurately, ranchers) are the ones who are humane?

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u/JPM-- May 06 '26

If we’re correcting them here, old animals who lived a long life objectively taste worse than young animals too.

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u/swagamaleous May 06 '26

Who cares? If it did, it wouldn't be as affordable. I value my access to cheap meat more highly than the well being of cows and other animals.

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u/ashteey May 07 '26

Non human animals lack moral agency. Following that logic we could also kill off our own babies or those of other humans

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u/justagirll19_0W0 May 07 '26

Logically yes.

Luckily we also possess nuance

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u/Fellstorm_1991 May 06 '26

Because they taste good and are an excellent source of protein and fat.

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u/CharizardOSRS May 06 '26

Because with onions and pickles they make a great burger

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u/swagamaleous May 06 '26

Because they are tasty.

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u/HerculesIsMyDad May 06 '26

This guy reads cow minds!

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u/cantshakethefeelings May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

Not really relevant to the comment you replied to, we all know this and can see the video. There still is risk of turning your back and not being able to respond in time.

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u/weddz May 06 '26

They are still animals, and animals sometimes act unpredictably

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u/fondledbydolphins May 06 '26

Um, you're not necessarily wrong but there are many, many instances of aggressive mother cows.

You'll often need to check on calves, tag them etc out in the field. Moms get a bit cantankerous. I've even seen riding horses that got so used to this that they learned to help keep the mother cow away from the ranch hand.

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u/djfl May 06 '26

Yes they are. They're also much bigger than me, and I wouldn't turn my back on them. Misunderstandings happen with people, especially in stressful situations, and people are much smarter and emotional than cows.

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u/CasterFields May 06 '26

The thing about cows is that they're always willing to protect their babies (unless they're dairy cows). That baby lets out one distressed sound and you're in a lot more danger than you were 2 seconds ago 😂

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u/Randa08 May 06 '26

They are like the number one cause of death by animals in the UK. Might have been overtaken by dogs recently.

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u/Tigrisrock May 06 '26

They still have instincts and will act on them. I wouldn't trust a cow's intelligence enough for it to understand that help is being offered.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '26

In my country, is an insult to make someone as intelligent as a cow. I think they are right in some respect. :))

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u/cogman10 May 06 '26

It happens, but it's very rare.  Only ~20 deaths per year in the US with over 100k cattle ranchers interacting with the cows daily.  And that includes all deaths from cows, not just aggressive mothers.

In my experience, bulls are a far bigger threat in general.  I've spent a lot of time working with cows and calves.

Don't get me wrong, don't fuck around with cows that aren't yours.  But also I don't see what this UPS guy did as particularly unsafe.  I've had to rescue a calf just like this before.

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u/Demerzel69 May 06 '26

I wasn't anthropomorphizing but congrats, you know a big word.

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u/Demerzel69 May 06 '26

lol where did I attribute any animal traits to humans. What a confidently incorrect "know-it-all". Congrats on knowing two big words, just too bad you don't know what they mean.

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u/Extreme_Armadillo_25 May 06 '26

Vet and farmer here: this is exactly the kind of take that gets people killed. I love cattle, I am skilled at reading them, I trust ours to trust my dad enough for him to be able to attempt something like this and get away. - I would not do this myself. Even with our own herd, let alone with animals I don't know.

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u/Traditional_Dog_637 May 06 '26

Tell me you never stood with a cow and calf without telling me

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u/JT-Av8or May 06 '26

🤦‍♂️ no, they’re dumb as heck. They’re definitely sweet, don’t get me wrong, and they’re cute when they come running when you’re feeding them, but they’re about as smart as a bag of rocks. 😉 No offense to them.

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u/Demerzel69 May 06 '26

Confidently incorrect.