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NEWS ABOUT: veal

veal stories: 3 news summaries

Video Sting Shuts Down Cruel Slaughterhouse 

Hidden camera catches calves being beaten, skinned alive

Nov 3, 09 2:03 PM CST
(Newser) - The Humane Society released more video yesterday from its hidden camera sting of Bushway Packing, after the USDA shut down the organic veal slaughterhouse on Friday. The footage, shot this summer, isn’t for the queasy; calves too weak to walk are dragged, kicked and shocked repeatedly, among other abuses.... More »

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veal • animal cruelty • USDA • veal farms • organic farming

UK Veal Now Cool, Not Cruel

New farming standards make calf meat a newly ethical food

Jan 20, 08 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Veal is the new guilt-free meat in Britain, and everyone from top chefs to farmers and animal activists is pushing consumers to eat up. Anti-cruelty groups largely eliminated veal from the UK diet in the '90s, and as a result, dairy farmers slaughter half a million male calves and... More »

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agriculture • cattle • veal • animal cruelty • dairy • farmer • Britain • rose veal • Tesco • British veal • veal farms

Enjoy the Veal, Hold the Guilt

Pasture-fed calves
take the bitter taste out of a tender meat

Apr 19, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Veal is back, says the Times, thanks to humane ranching methods. You're still eating baby cows, of course, but the tiny crates that once confined them—provoking a 20-year-long boycott—are giving way to to open pastures where they hang with mom. Or at least pens where they walk around... More »

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food • farming • veal • meat • animal cruelty • cows • animal

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