--Peter Singer, from Animal Liberation, p.129
"Of all the forms of intensive farming now practiced, the veal industry ranks as the most morally repugnant. The essence of veal raising is the feeding of a high protein food to confined, anemic calves in a manner that will produce a tender, pale-colored flesh that will be served to the patrons of expensive restaurants...It is worth our attention because it represents an extreme, both in the degree of exploitation to which it subjects the animals and in its absurd inefficiency as a method of providing people with nourishment."
Singer also talks about the specifications of veal calf confinement:
A crate 750 mm wide (2 feet 6 inches).
This crate is made of wood slats.
No hay in the crate.
68 degrees Farenheit in the crate.
Calves are in the create for up to 15 weeks.
In the crate, calves can't
stand up
turn around
scratch or touch their bodies
see other calves (eg. their mother)
A question: how do we perform this?
