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Veal Issues

Eating veal — or not eating it, to be more accurate — is one thing many carnivores and vegetarians can agree on. For most, the methods used to produce tender, milky-colored meat aren’t a worthwhile trade-off. But what if eating veal were no less ethical than eating pork, chicken or lamb? What if, under the right circumstances, eating veal were actually more ethical than shunning it?” asks Jane Black of the Washington Post. “This is not that veal: the mostly flavorless meat from calves raised in crates so small they can’t turn around. Humanely raised veal — sometimes called pasture-raised, sometimes called rose veal because of its color — comes from calves that drank their mother’s milk and…

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Veal: A Controversial Cut

It’s a widely controversial meat choice, but is it because most of the potential consumers are unintentionally uninformed? Sure, veal is younger bovine animals (usually aged 6 to 7 months,) but veal also has it’s benefits to both the body and the environment.

Eating Veal Is Far Worse Than You Can Imagine

So, if you didn’t already know, veal is the meat of baby cows, usually males and they are normally between five and eight months old when killed. These calves are a direct co-product of the dairy industry. The two industries are linked and the production of veal and dairy is indisputably one of the cruelest forms of animal abuse on the planet. If you are familiar with how the dairy industry operates you already know that dairy cows don’t choose to become pregnant, they are forcefully inseminated. This cruel practice keeps them pregnant repeatedly, so they keep producing milk for consumers. But did you ever wonder what happens to their babies? Both male and female calves are separated from their mother as early as one day old.

Is Veal Cruel? A First-Hand Account

Do you enjoy eating veal? What do you really know about it? I don’t eat veal because I’ve seen firsthand how these calves are treated. It’s a deplorable practice, and when you see it in person, it has a much more powerful impact than seeing it in some TV documentary.

The Gory Price Of Glorious Veal

Veal may be a luxury, but the ''price'' is initially being paid in suffering by these baby animals. Your readers should know something about the source of this ''sophisticated'' meat.

The truth about veal

Back in the 80s and 90s, the veal industry boomed in parts of Europe, and veal farmers produced a pale and soft meat, prized by chefs and consumers alike. This meat came from young calves who were confined in small dark spaces, with restricted movement, and fed on a largely liquid diet. The animals’ meat was pale and mild because they weren’t able to use their muscles. It was the product of cruelty and, in 2007, this method of production was outlawed in the EU.

Veal: A Byproduct of the Cruel Dairy Industry

Cows produce milk for the same reason why humans and other mammals do: to nourish their young. But the millions of cows who live on U.S. dairy farms are forced into a vicious cycle of continuous pregnancy so that they will produce milk for human consumption. Their female calves are slaughtered immediately or used to replace their mothers in the dairy herd, and many male calves end up in veal crates―a fate characterized by confinement, darkness, malnutrition, and slaughter.

What is Veal? The Taste of Blood, Horror, and Pain on Your Plate!

Many people don’t know what veal is or why consuming this product is irresponsible and cruel. When you eat veal, you’re eating an animal that is often little more than a fetus. The farmer waited long enough for the mother to carry her baby before he butchered it for consumption on your plate. Male calves are useless in the industry, and cows must give birth to produce milk. The result is that male calves cannot produce milk, so they serve no purpose other than to drink the mother’s milk, which the farmer wants to sell.

Why Is Veal Considered Inhumane?

Along with foie gras and shark fins, veal is considered especially cruel in the animal rights community. Here, we explore veal production and the ethical issues of the industry at large.

Why the U.S. Veal Industry is Poised for Resurgence

Today’s veal barns are spacious, well-lit, expertly ventilated and stocked with healthy, thriving calves. On average, square footage per head has approximately doubled, compared to the number of animals that used to be housed in a similar space. At the same time, drug use has gone down precipitously, and calf performance has gone commensurately up.