11.   Activists also have protested at his farm where veal calves are reared for export.

12.   Dressed in a track suit and parka, Anita Smith was ready to do her part to block trucks carrying veal calves to this eastern port city.

13.   Officials said the new measure is more likely to win approval because of growing public pressure for better treatment of veal calves.

14.   Protesters complain that the calves, the unwanted males from dairy herds, suffer from the Continental practice of confining veal calves in crates.

15.   In recent weeks there have been many demonstrations in different parts of Britain against the export of live animals, especially veal calves, by animal rights activists.

16.   Current export restrictions include a ban on offal and the transport of live cows -- except veal calves.

17.   The French compromise tried to bridge the gap by applying strict standards to veal calves, lambs and kids while allowing greater leeway on the treatment of older animals.