‘What furore over calf ramming really shows is disconnect between urban life and the source of our food’
A still from a video uploaded to X of 10-month-old calf Beau Lucy being rammed by a police car in west London
If you are a broadcaster whose career has been spent reporting on the world’s war zones and trouble spots, a calf being hit by a police car may look like small beer. Even so, as a meat eater, I take issue with John Simpson’s comment that it is “illogical” to object to such treatment of the poor animal, while still being prepared to tuck into roast beef on a Sunday.
In Britain, pains are taken to ensure that animals are slaughtered humanely.
