Why would some animals be ok to eat and not others?
2006-11-27 00:01:49 · 40 answers · asked by scarlettwoman20 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
I just try to stay away from baby animals. I don't eat lamb or veal. Nor do I eat venison or anything like that. Just beef and chicken for me.
2006-11-27 00:18:29 · answer #1 · answered by Kreen 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Personally, I'd eat any kind of meat, just to see what it tastes like. I justify it by telling myself that the animal I am about to enjoy is already dead, and, as I'm omnivorous by nature and necessity, I might as well eat it!
However, if I had to kill the animal myself, extreme circumstances excluded, I don't think I'd be able to go through with it.
I don't think it's wrong to eat meat but I still find it shocking how some farmed animals are treated prior to their demise and processing. I don't want to feel partly responsible for the encagement and genetic mutilation of an innocent animal, therefore I only buy and eat GM-free free range meat. Whether this makes a difference to the animal or not is a question we'd all have a hard time answering.
2006-11-27 00:15:47 · answer #2 · answered by tekn33k 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
IMHO none. None of us eat animals here - ask in general food!! In fact ask all meat based questions there . People in General food are mainly omnivores!
Some people might start to get a bit offended and think that it is deliberate if you keep asking us about meat-eating which is something that we don't do!!
2006-11-28 06:12:17 · answer #3 · answered by Andielep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't eat a cat or a dog because, mainly I think, it's abhorrent in our culture. I'm not disgusted, however, by hearing that eastern men eat them, they're still very edible and it's acceptable in their culture.
And that's it in my opinion, I don't think it's wrong per se to eat any edible animal save human, but there are some I wouldn't do due to culture (mainly cats and dogs, I've eaten horse, veal, frog, venison, ostrich, snails and kangaroo for instance, which many people wouldn't).
2006-11-27 02:20:29 · answer #4 · answered by AndyB 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A tofu-bird would be ok.
But, I wouldn't consider it ok to eat any animal that has flesh or produces urine.
2006-11-27 18:49:48 · answer #5 · answered by jodneko 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
true vegetarians and vegans do not eat any kind of meat,
but some people who eat seafood call themselves vegetarians, but the correct term is a "flexitarian".
people who only eat chicken are still not vegetarians.
2006-11-29 09:46:34 · answer #6 · answered by m. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I don't consider it "ok" to eat any animals. There are some animals (such as oyster) that don't have a brain or central nervous system, so it is hard to imagine that they can feel pain. But if you have doubts about it, don't eat them.
2006-11-27 05:09:44 · answer #7 · answered by angelbelle 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I am prepared to eat only animals I have killed myself. Aside from humans and apes I do not consider any any animal off the menu. I would happily eat dogs, horses, scorpions, swans, bears... anything like that.
I am however not actually prepared to kill an animal unless there is no other food available and as such have been a vegetarian for over 10 years now. This is partly because I am too lazy to go out and kill a badger or cat to eat when I could just cook a tasty pasta dish, and partially because I consider killing without necessity to be wasteful.
So to conclude I am not against eating any animal except humans and apes but will only eat animals I have killed myself out of necessity.
2006-11-27 00:09:50 · answer #8 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 3⤊ 6⤋
NONE! it is not ok to eat any animals, i think you have posted this in the wrong section, veggies and vegans do not eat any animals at all.
2006-11-27 04:35:32 · answer #9 · answered by ♥sandpaper kisses♥ >^..^< 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
i don't think eating ANY animal is ok.
2006-11-27 17:45:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋