American efforts to free their man plodded along slowly, hampered in part by politicians, notably the rulers of Punjab province, who were happy to milk anger on the street to bolster their own popularity.

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Clearly it is frustrating for them - especially as they argue there is plenty of demand for the milk they are happy to supply.

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Johan tells me that happy cows make lots of good milk, and that good milk makes great cheese.

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Mr Smith is quite happy for it to continue to milk its corporate customers, so long as it also accommodates the not-so-rich.

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Since transgenic goats, for example, are living factories whose worth depends on their producing as much milk as possible, every measure is taken to keep them happy, healthy, well fed and sequestered from non-transgenic animals.

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And forever, until last Thursday when we stopped at the Happy Clown for his ice cream, his eyes lit up when he had a milk shake or an ice cream.

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