The original 2007 regulation contains a loophole: it allows veal calves who are unable to walk to be set aside temporarily to “rest” and then, if they can be forced to walk, they can be slaughtered ...

In the Netherlands, 1.4 million calves are slaughtered every year. The country is the market leader in calf fattening. What ...

Literally speaking, the meat of most veal calves goes into things like hotdogs ... The U.S. has banned the slaughter of “downers”—cattle which are either too sick or too weak to walk ...

The end of cruel confinement methods for veal calves in the United States is drawing ever closer. In 2007, the American Veal Association (AVA) pledged to transition away from solitary crates and neck ...