> "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."

Someone is buying really expensive beef then. I know calves that have been fed only milk are sometimes slaughtered for their meat as it is often considered to be more tender but I doubt that it happens all that often as it would be a very expensive way to raise an animal. Beef prices are not high enough to support that kind of expense. Usually veal calves (from dairy farms) are kept in loose pens with others their age and fed a diet of straight corn.

If this really is a common practice I'm sure you can find it discussed on a page that is not labeling most modern farming practices as cruel. I'm rather disinclined to believe a page that tells me much of what this page says as I can see that many of the statistics have been slanted to give the worst possible impression of the dairy industry.

While you can talk all you want about how farmers mistreat their animals, I live on a dairy farm and I see how the dry cows, put out on pasture, would prefer to be inside on a stall eating "high energy feeds" than outside eating "a normal grass diet".


Rivi "when they escape they always come back" kah