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Selfridges halts veal sales after 'cruelty' exposed

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.

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