And living on a dairy farm, growing up in the dairy industry... I can tell you that I have yet to see a "dairy is cruel" article that gets the facts right. I suppose it's more "cruel" then just turning a cow loose on a huge pasture and letting it live it's life, except for predators, illness, drought, poor diet causing intestinal distress, etc that doesn't happen on a dairy farm.

Yes, the problem started when humans decided to domesticate animals during the agricultural revolution. Since then all farm animals exist because we bring them into existence for our convenience.

All sentient beings should have at least one right: the right not to be treated as property.

If we took animals seriously, we would stop treating them as our resources, as our property. But that would mean an end to bringing nonhumans into existence so that we can use them for food, clothing, vivisection, or any other purpose.

It's been scientifically proven that we don't need animal products to be healthy, so humans are basically exploiting animals for no better reason than palate pleasure. And to top it off animal agriculture is having a horrific impact on the environment.

We can live without participating in the exploitation of the vulnerable.

We can live without destroying the environment.

We can live in a way that guarantees a more healthy life.