Word: veale
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...down, turn around and fully extend their limbs. Presently, many animals are kept in small crates that impair much of their movement. The new bill, which will become law in 2015, will impact more than 20 million animals, including egg-laying hens, breeding pigs and calves raised for veal...
...What does humane treatment of farm animals mean? Veal calves, breeding pigs and laying hens are confined in cages and crates barely larger than their bodies. We believe that is fundamentally inhumane and cruel. Prop 2 stipulates that these specific farm animals should have the opportunity to stand up, lie down, turn around, and freely extend their limbs...
...great fun to suggest it to Ben & Jerry's, who also knew it was a joke. What was serious was that television stations listened to our reasons why making anything out of cow's milk is unkind. Calves are taken away from their mothers and used for veal. We drink the milk meant for those little calves...
...This summer, volunteers collected 800,000 signatures to put Proposition Two on the state’s November ballot. The Proposition mandates that all farm animals be given enough space to lie down, turn around, and fully extend their limbs. If passed, it would end the confinement of veal calves, gestating pigs, and egg-laying hens in restrictive cages across the state–20 million animals in all, the vast majority hens confined to battery cages...
...that California will import its eggs, but rather that it will export its higher welfare standards. When asked why out-of-state egg producers oppose the proposition, Samson conceded they fear “longer-term ramifications” against caged production. After similar ballot initiatives against pig and veal calf confinement in Florida and Arizona in 2002 and 2006 respectively, industry took the message. Smithfield Farms, one of the nation’s largest pig producers, announced it would phase out narrow gestation crates, and even Burger King promised to adopt more cage-free products...