Bull calves slaughter in UK on agenda

An influential forum of UK beef and dairy organisations, retailers and animal welfarists is backing a set of potentially far-reaching aims in a bid to solve the problem of the UK dairy industry's black-and-white male dairy calves.

What is the problem?

Until now, many of the black-and-white male dairy calves have been considered unsuitable for beef production and, as a result, many of the 482,000 born in the United Kingdom (UK) each year are either killed soon after birth or exported to continental veal farms, where they may be kept in group rearing systems that do not meet UK standards.