I've got a question for you vegans/vegetarians who don't eat meat because it's inhumane. I'm a vet student with a masters degree in biology. I won't work with feedlot medicine because it violates my personal ethics. But what is wrong with eating humanely and sustainably raised food animals?
I buy almost all my meat and all my eggs, milk, and honey from local farmers (usually at the farmers market) from pasture raised cattle, bison, pork, chicken, goat, and lamb. We even got a 25 lbs pasture raised turkey for Thanskgiving this year (boy, was it good!). My dogs are also all on a raw diet and much of their diet is derived from these sources. The stuff I can't buy at the farmers market, I try to buy at the university meat lab so it is still local and the animals are well cared for.
Biologically, we are omnivores. If we raise animals on a biologically appropriate diet in sustainable and humane conditions without danger from predators, what is ethically wrong with this?
2007-12-01
05:09:46
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Cave Canem
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