Q: Why can't this veal calf walk?
Actually, less than two feet. But doesn't the USDA prevent
Twenty two inches to be exact. tainted veal from being sold?
His entire life is spent Absolutely not. The USDA
chained in a wooden box itself admits that most veal
measuring only 22 inches wide is never checked for toxic
and 56 inches long. The box residue.
is so small the calf can't
walk or even turn around. Antibiotics in veal and other
factory farm products create
Most people think animal abuse virulent strains of bacteria
is illegal. It isn't. In that wreak havoc on human
veal factories, it's business health. Salmonella poisoning
as usual. "Milk-fed" veal is is reaching epidemic
obtained by making a calf proportions.
anemic. The calf is not fed
mother's milk. He's fed an Veal factories maximize
antibiotic laced formula that profits for agribusiness drug
causes severe diarrhea. He companies because they are a
must lie in his own excrement- breeding ground for disease.
choking on the ammonia gases. To keep calves alive under
He's chained in a darkened such torturous conditions,
building with hundreds of They are continually given
drugs which can be passed on
other baby calves suffering to customers.
the same fate. They are
immobilized, sick, and anemic. It doesn't have to be this
way. And with your help, it
won't be. Please, don't buy
Toxic Veal veal!
The reckless use of
oxytetracycline, mold
inhibiting chemicals,
chloramphenicol, neomycin,
penicillin, and other drugs is
not just bad for calves. It
is toxic to you.
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