Milk, and all other dairy products that we enjoy so much, does not come without sacrifice. The only way a dairy cow can produce milk is by giving birth to a calf.
In some factory farms, the newborn calves are immediately chained into crates so small that they cannot turn around. A few weeks later, they are often too weak to walk to the transportation truck for slaughter: Their little knees buckle, and they fall.
Right now in America, there are no regulations to ban slaughter of downed veal calves. Please write Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, D.C. 20259, or call 202-720-2791. Ask him to amend the regulations to ban slaughter of downed veal calves and enforce the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act that prevents any animal from being slaughtered while conscious.
In my opinion, we should stop eating veal to end this torture altogether.
