There are few issues that make a more compelling argument
for a vegetarian diet than that of veal and how it’s produced. While the meat
industry is, by its very nature cruel and inhumane, the veal industry is the
worst.
Baby calves are taken from their mothers, often at just one
day old. They’re kept in pens that prevent movement, to keep their muscles
soft. To produce the pale, soft veal that is so highly prized by gourmets, the
calves are fed a liquid that’s deficient in iron and fiber that creates an
anemia in the animal.
The confinement in which they live for their short lives
creates a significant level of chronic stress for the animal and they’re
subsequently given much higher levels of medications that can be harmful to
humans. The confinement makes them weak, often unable to stand. We treat
criminals who have committed the most vicious crimes imaginable more humanely
than we treat innocent calves.
Why would anyone want to consume meat that’s delivered to
the table infused with the suffering of animals? What culinary experience can
ever be worth it when you know what the animal, especially a calf, has to go
through?
At age 20 weeks, the calf is then slaughtered. All the meat
we eat has been mass produced and slaughtered. Their life is inhumane and their
death is inhumane, in addition to which it’s becoming less and less healthy for
us to eat. Veal is the premier example of this industry. Changing to a
vegetarian diet not only is a much more healthy way to eat, it’s way of living
in balance with the earth. It may have been one thing centuries ago to hunt for
meat because it was a means for survival. Today’s mass-produced meat industry
is nothing like that and is more a cause of illness and poor health than it is
for survival or nutrition.
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