Well to be honest you can only limit how much pain they are in when you kill them. You cant take it all away because of production costs and tainting the meat. Its the way of life. If you think we were only meant to eat vegetables and plants, you are mistaken and there is no argument to that fact. Sorry
RE: Pain vs production costs. Exactly.
It is not the way of life to inflict torment and suffering on another animal of any kind, except in the case of humans. The animals suffer far worse, IMHO, in the life they are "given" by factory farming than in the pain inflicted during the killing. Both could be greatly reduced if a bit of profit was sacrificed. Instead, the almighty dollar is considered more valuable than compassion for life. Given the choice, would act with cruely for greater profit or would you choose compassion for less profit? I believe most would choose the later if faced with the choice directly.
RE: We are omnivores, no question. This allows us to eat plants or meat as needed. That accepted, our eating tools (teeth, hands, digestive system,etc.) are much more suited to plant foods. As an analogy, just because we CAN swim, doesn't mean that we're suited for it or even good at it. Here, now, in this day and age, we have no NEED to eat meat, it is purely a matter of choice. And, the fact of the matter in terms of health is that a meat heavy diet is actually not good for us in the long term while a mostly or completely plant based diet is.
Because of people that get too sensitive about the subject such as yourself. Just sayin.
lol That is, of course, subjective. If the general population is that sensitive, doesn't that imply that most folks would choose to do things differently if fully informed?
I dont think animals are lesser because i love my dogs as they were my family, I am sure the same relationship could be made with any animal. What the meat plants do, good or bad, is on their head and isnt on my conscience. When I buy meat at the store I dont know if it comes from a good or bad plant so doesn't bother me. I will continue to eat my meat and love it
It may be the industry that performs the abuses and cruelty, but they only do so b/c there is a dollar to be made/demand for their product. Therefore, each of us contributes simply by purchasing that product. Were there no demand, there would be no profit and therefore no industry or the associated cruelty that is perpetuated merely for profit. If one chooses to buy this product, one must accept that the funds support the cruel treatment of animals that the industry perpetuates.
BTW, virtually all animal products in standard stores are from factory farms. There are less than 10 major players in the industry. Small farms are the exception, not the rule as they once were (decades ago).
Oh, and similar practices occur with the animals that we consider pets, such as your dogs, in other countries. Here in the US, thankfully, we take a much more compassionate view towards them. Ironically, farm animals are specifically excluded from the protection of those laws, even thought these animals have the same capacity for life and experience pain and suffering just as our beloved pets.
Why would we have such compassion for one animal and yet have virtually no compassion for others?
umm umm. Fried rabbit in mushroom gravy is delicious. In the Bible we are told which animals to eat and which not to eat. Is the Bible wrong too? We are given dominion over animals and we should be faithfull stewards over all of the resources the good lord gave us. Animals have been raised or hunted for food since the beginning of time and always be.
I would like to see a vegetarian outlive me
