You mentioned the separation of parents and offspring, but it’s worth including the effects on the economics of (non-crated) veal production into your considerations. Approximately, each dairy cow is productive for the last three of the five years it is kept alive, and is impregnated once per year to maintain an optimal lactation cycle. source
I’d hypothesize that the overall amount of suffering experienced per day by an adult animal would be less than the amount of suffering experienced by a calf that’s experiencing the stress of separation from its parent. Since they’re slaughtered while still in this state, there could be an even better case for veal calves having lives that are overwhelmingly negative.
You mentioned the separation of parents and offspring, but it’s worth including the effects on the economics of (non-crated) veal production into your considerations. Approximately, each dairy cow is productive for the last three of the five years it is kept alive, and is impregnated once per year to maintain an optimal lactation cycle. source
I’d hypothesize that the overall amount of suffering experienced per day by an adult animal would be less than the amount of suffering experienced by a calf that’s experiencing the stress of separation from its parent. Since they’re slaughtered while still in this state, there could be an even better case for veal calves having lives that are overwhelmingly negative.