Meat and dairy production, and with it veal, can be cruel. It also can be responsible and with an eye at the animal's well being. If the calf's mother is a happy cow, chances are so will the calf. read more
However, since the people who ate those animals were disproportionately wealthy, therefore disproportionately noble, and therefore disproportionately French-speaking, the names used for pieces of meat were derived from French: beef (from boef), veal (from the French vel and ultimately from the Latin vitulus), pork (going back to the Latin porcus), and poultry (related to the French poullet). read more