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So how does veal/lamb fit in? Not such a big deal since there's not been time to get attached to it? Only name the animals if they get past the young-meat cutoff?

I watched some veal calves being separated from their mothers in Austria a few years ago. The thing that struck me most was how un-traumatic it was for a human witness. The mother cows appeared to forget about their young within twenty minutes or so. I can totally see how somebody could convince themselves that it wasn't cruel. To be fair, this was an unusually high welfare arrangement. Think sound of music style meadows rather than battery farming.