there’s more than shown here and it’s more than just these users too 😭
if you find the thread don’t piss in the popcorn (brigade) but also please maybe don’t bring it back here i don’t want 400 notifications of entry level “is almond milk milk” vegan discourse
If you like, but my point is that it’s certainly not an adult. Male calves are almost all killed before adulthood.
Cows are fully mature at around 24 months old, depending on breed.
They do not have an extended developmental period like humans so the comparison to a 6 year old human based on maximum lifespan is fallacious.
Even if your numbers were correct, 18 months, the typical slaughter age of cattle, is before adulthood, and a long way before the natural lifespan of between 15-20 years.
Male cows are killed young for meat. Female cows are killed once they’re less use for milk.
It shouldn’t be surprising to you. It’s just economics. It makes no financial sense to do otherwise.
I don’t see any point in pretending otherwise and I don’t know why you want to.
male cows are killed at the same age as all other beef cattle.