Like most of us, I was unaware that dairy people amputate cow tails without anesthesia
If passed, HB 1787 will position Washington as the fifth state to ban this practice, which still is routinely performed on thousands of cows each year throughout the state. The other states that have banned tail docking include the nation’s largest dairy state, California, along with Ohio, Rhode Island and New Jersey. Colorado’s legislature is currently considering a similar ban.
http://www.humanesociety.org/news/press_releases/2013/02/hb1787-wa-cow-tail-docking-021313.html
But if inhumane treatment of cows is not enough, Oxford Journal reported “Intake of high-fat dairy . . . was related to a higher risk of mortality after breast cancer diagnosis.” (high fat dairy like whole milk and cheese). (Why? Just like discussed in The China Study, “Dietary fat in dairy is a source of estrogenic hormones”. http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/03/08/jnci.djt027.abstract