Well, I guess there's nothing to worry about then. Let's keep dumping tons of plastic into the ocean.

You didn't outright say it but a lot of people would read your comment as having only two options. The first is treating an animal cruelly and then eating them and the second is giving the animal a better life and then eating them. And we have to keep in mind that it doesn't matter what farm the animal grew up on they are all likely going to a similar slaughterhouse. Although people like eating meat a lot of them don't realize what truly goes on in the animal agricultural industry. And they don't realize there's actually a third option - not eating any animal products at all. I think if more people knew how animal agriculture works and realized that abstaining from animal products is an option then more people would not eat meat at all.

That's really interesting considering the veal, beef, and dairy industry are all pretty much the same thing. These people you've encountered that are so concerned about veal - are they vegans?

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The only way for the dairy industry to operate is through exploitation. I find that as companies try to increase profits the level of exploitation also increases. Am I missing something?

so yes but also yes

If the calf were sick and didn't make it then why would we be eating it's flesh? Why would we kill someone who is living a happy life and didn't ask to die?

why would we butcher someone who has a great life and didn't ask to die (likely die horribly)?

To put this in context of how exploitative the dairy industry is, the natural life cycle of a dairy cow is about 20 years.

That's correct. And that's why animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation. Forests are being cleared to grow soy as feed for animals.

"high welfare veal" lmao what an oxymoron