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Selfridges halts veal sales after 'cruelty' exposed
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The Independent - London
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December 15, 2007
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By Martin Hickman Consumer Affairs Correspondent
The London department store Selfridges has stopped selling veal
after an undercover sting by animal rights activists found calves
being kept in narrow pens resembling the veal crates banned in
Europe.
Several calves filmed at contract farms in the Netherlands, which
supply British customers, struggled to move around in barren metal
cages without bedding and have no contact with other animals.
Selfridges acknowledged that it had bought the cheap, low animal-
welfare veal and last night removed the meat from sale. The store
promised to start buying more expensive veal from a farm where the
animals had the space to move around.
Compassion in ...
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