The Life of a Dairy Cow

There's so much to respond to that I'm afraid I'll have to use a list. It's not conducive to conversation between us , but other readers may appreciate it.

1. We're talking about dairy. To my knowledge, humans are the only animal that harvest another animal's milk. An outlier in the animal kingdom. (i.e. not the naturalistic "circle of life" any more than plastic bottles or sarin gas.)

2. No, it would not be "humane" (as in "human") to eat something alive, but animals do it! There's a distinction there between human and animal, like squares and rectangles. I am encouraging you to lean into that distinction and be as humane/human as possible.

3. How far off of ideal nutrition would you be willing to go to save a dog? Would you give up broccoli if it meant no more dogs would be abused? Could you find a way to replace broccoli, difficult as it may be?

That's called the naturalistic fallacy, and there's a clue in the name that should indicate how reliable an argument it is.

And re "nutritionally inferior", every dietetics and nutrition peak body on the planet agrees that a fully vegan diet is suitable for all people throughout all stages of life. In fact, billions of people have already lived perfectly normal, perfectly healthy vegan and vegetarian lives throughout history. If your diet — any diet — is nutritionally incomplete it's because you made the wrong choices.