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Living off a cow

  • 06-09-2005 10:45am
    #1
    judomick
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    Hey this question recently took over a conversation and was hotly debated, so if theres anyone with an opinion please post, If its possible to take a steak from a cow without killing it whilst drinking its milk how long could it live or how many steaks could you take before the cow dies? and would a butcher or a vet be a better man for the job?


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  • #2
    Kernel
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    judomick wrote:
    Hey this question recently took over a conversation and was hotly debated, so if theres anyone with an opinion please post, If its possible to take a steak from a cow without killing it whilst drinking its milk how long could it live or how many steaks could you take before the cow dies? and would a butcher or a vet be a better man for the job?

    Jaysus, I like my steaks and all, but that would be torture for the animal!

    I'm sure the animal would either bleed to death or die from an infection into the wound, and if we;'re speaking hypothetically, then a vet would surely be better.


  • #3
    InFront
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    judomick wrote:
    If its possible to take a steak from a cow without killing it whilst drinking its milk how long could it live or how many steaks could you take before the cow dies? and would a butcher or a vet be a better man for the job?

    Not qualified yet sure wouldn't like to attempt a procedure like this when I am. My answer is that theoretically it is very possible, economically it would be disastrous because of the surgical fee and farming would .... end.


  • #4
    Pet
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    Wow, were you stoned at the time? That's a pretty stupid question. Removing steak is removing muscle; the cow would have to be put into intensive care and immobilised..the whole thing is ridiculous.


  • #5
    judomick
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    nope not stoned its just a hypothetical, relax no cows were harmed during the making of this question!.....steaks come from cattle so does milk its just a question im not talking about the morals just the physical facts


  • #6
    EamonnKeane
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    You could bleed it and make black pudding.


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
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    The masi (sp) tribe drink blood and milk and the mongals used to do the same from their mares.

    Cutting steaks off the animal would cause it large amounts of stress. There is also the shock in the medical sense and possible liver damage too from cell damage so I'd doubt you'd get a large % of the animal eaten before it died, if you removed the legs then it would not be able to graze so the energy expended in getting fodder for it might be more than you'd get by eating it.


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