The dairy industry is cruel and unsustainable.

As much as milk is 'natural' in origin, it couldn't be more unnatural, being it is the milk of another animal that was not designed for humans to consume. In fact lactic acid in milk restricts the absorbtion of calcium in drinkers of milk, so better to definately go for soy or rice milk. There is no cholesterol in those products, and there is no need to use tons of water for such a product. C'mon - if we're meant to be self-sufficient creatures and societies, why are we relying on animal products, daily, too? There's something eery about sucking on milk as adults, when we don't need to. If we were meant to have milk for life, they why don't women lactate 24/7, to 'feed' all these adults? Let alone stealing baby cows from their mothers and killing these cows, to sickly feed human people this milk. Literally blood on your hands. So why not suck blood. Would that not be healthy? Think about it.

Animal welfare group Voiceless says consumers should stay away from milk because increasing numbers of dairy cows are suffering. Bobby Calves are male calves that can't be raised to produce milk. Cows must give birth often to ensure a consistent milk supply, just like all other mammals. To acquire the milk, the calves must be removed from the mothers after a few short days. If they give birth to a male it is likely to be sent to slaughter after a few days of life, or put down on the farm. Others end up in crates to be slaughtered for veal. The bobby calf issue is a sensitive one, for the right reasons, and that unfortunately the dairy industry doesn't see any other options. They are the by-product of the seemingly benign dairy industry. Bobbie calves can be used for pharmaceutical products, leather and pet food, when not grown for veal. Bobby calves are not worth a great value, dollar-wise, therefore it becomes uneconomic if they have to travel vast distances, and in an animal health and welfare sense they can't be on the road for too long, either. Australia's dairy cow population of about 1.8 million has remained stable for the past 30 years, but annual milk production has doubled to 9.3 billion litres in that time, figures from the Department of Agriculture show. It means that cows are bred to produce more milk, and that there is a consumer drive towards alternatives. It also means that the modern dairy cow commonly suffers from mastitis, lameness, metabolic disorders, mutilation procedures and the inevitability of repeatedly losing her calf. On top of the issue of overworked cows, it raises welfare concerns such as tail docking, dehorning, and disbudding, as well as the treatment of bobby calves. SMH:Dairy cows suffer from doubling milk production in 30 years Hundreds of thousands of new born calves are slaughtered each year, as a by-product of our milk consumption. Dairy is not an essential food for humans. Humans have no nutritional requirement for animal milk, in contrary to the advice of most nutritionists who encourage people to consume three servings of dairy a day. In multiple, peer-reviewed animal studies, researchers discovered they could actually turn the growth of cancer cells on and off by raising and lowering doses of casein, the main protein found in cow's milk. Ironically, the countries with the highest rates of osteoporosis are Australia, the US and the UK "where we have the highest intake of dairy"!