> > > I also don't understand why some people are so shocked by the concept of veal. So the cow is a year or two younger. Why is eating it so bad?
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> > People don't like to eat veal because the calf is tied up at the legs and put in a box for it's lifespan. That ensures that the meat is really tender.
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> excuse me? I hope this was just silliness. I'm pretty sure we don't usually do that when raising beef cattle.
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> /me thinks of how big beef beasts get before going on their bus trip...where am I supposed to get a box that size?

Rivi... Unfortunately it's not silliness, Wormwood's not making that up. Veal production is generally considered a fairly blatant form of animal cruelty towards cattle. Your farm isn't a veal-production factory, that's why.

Check out the link at http://www.factoryfarming.com/dairy.htm . Underneath the remarks about Bovine Growth Hormone (bGH) (a synthetic hormone used to prompt cows to produce even greater amounts of milk than usual, and its usage is illegal in Canada), veal is discussed in the article's last two paragraphs:

"Newborn male calves spend the entirety of their short lives in 22" x 58" veal crates which are so small that the animals are unable even to turn around. The calves are fed a liquid milk substitute which is deficient in iron and fiber, and designed to make the animals anemic. It is this anemia, and the muscle atrophy from lack of exercise, which results in the pale-colored tender flesh which is prized as veal."