The thing is to produce Veal the calf is fed an unhealthily low amount of iron, protein and other nutrients to produce anemia which results in pale, tender flesh. They are also restricted in their movements so as to not bulk up with any muscle and the mere fact they are taken from their mamas at birth and fed a substandard, anemia producing diet, kept confined and isolated, often in low light conditions makes any farming of Veal inhumane, period. Veal and Fois gras are two extreme examples of cruelty based farming and we should all boycott these products.
I have the pleasure, right now, of watching two month old calves frisking in green pastures, studded with beautiful trees across the pasture from our property here.
These babies will be kept for the training of competitive cutting horses and never be sold or eaten. They are precious happy little souls frisking about their 10 acre field and napping in the sunshine. Quality of life is everything for all creatures and cows, even of they end up on the table have a right to enjoy their beingness in a manner befitting of cows. Grazing, napping in the sun, playing, living in relative freedom doing happy cow things.