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Milk is an animal product but is not part of an animal. In which case it would be regarded as non-veg.

This means that some vegetarians are happy to drink mild and eat dairy products like cheese, cream and butter etc.

However in the production of milk dairy herds require a large number of cows and only one bull or access to a bull from time to time. This is to impregnate the cows for them to to have calves which then causes the production of milk and also the next generation of cows.

However the male calves that are produced are not required for milk production and so they may be reared to be slaughtered for meat or the occasional male calf will be kept to become the bull used for mating with a herd of cows.

Some people consider drinking milk and eating dairy products means that many animals are killed for meat as a result (even if they don't eat them themselves) and so do not take animal products in any form.

The sub group of vegetarians who eat no animal products at all are called vegans.

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