Veal Boycott

Human Health Hazard
Would you knowingly serve your family sulfa drugs, clenbuterol, penicillin, tetracycline, or drug resistant strains of bacteria for dinner? Of course not. Unfortunately, these and countless other substances have been found in veal calves.

The harsh conditions in veal factories result in severe calf diseases. By depriving veal calves of their mother's milk, fresh air, exercise, adequate nutrition, and proper veterinary care, veal factories are a breeding ground for stress and infectious diseases.

Veal factories attempt to counter the effects of intensive confinement by administering a wide array of antibiotics and other chemicals. This "cost effective" practice represents a significant hazard to public health.

The routine use of antibiotics in veal and other factory farm products is resulting in antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria. These virulent bacteria render formerly life-saving antibiotics useless in combating human disease.

Misery on the Menu
From his first day to his last, the life of a "milk-fed" veal calf is one of deprivation, stress, and disease.
Veal factories take newborn male calves from their mothers and chain them in crates measuring only 22" wide and 58" long. This is where they will spend their entire lives.

Veal Facts
Chained in tiny crates, veal calves cannot walk, turn around, stretch their legs, or lie down in a natural position. To obtain the light colored meat sold as "milk-fed" veal, calves are deliberately kept anemic.

    * Veal calves are denied all solid food.
    * Veal calves suffer from chronic diarrhea.
    * Veal calves are kept in darkness.
    * Respiratory and intestinal diseases run rampant among veal calves.
    * Veal calves are deprived of drinking water.

In a futile attempt to quench their thirst, the calves gain weight quickly by drinking more of their drug-laced liquid feed. Serious leg injuries are caused by a complete lack of straw or other bedding.

To prevent muscle development and speed weight gain, the calves are allowed absolutely no exercise. This is the terrible fate of hundreds of thousands of veal calves every year in the United States. Consumer awareness and consumer pressure are the most effective means we have for eliminating the health hazards posed by factory farming and for ending the needless suffering of animals.

Your personal boycott of veal and your support of HFA will help end this Cruelty and stop one of the most bizarre agricultural practices ever developed - the deliberate raising of anemic animals.
Please help HFA put an end to this Cruelty!

  

Source: HFA