A Great Article on Slaughtering Methods and Controversy
I really appreciated this story: “Looking Your Bacon in the Eye: Notes on a Slaughtering Class,” by Jack Lahne on Ethicurian.com.
Some choice words:
“It is easier to disavow knowledge of what goes into slaughter, imagining the process as a black box which mysteriously transforms living animals into consumables. The meat industry caters to this kind of thinking. But by preempting this opportunity to understand and empathize with our food animals we are, I believe, lessening ourselves. As humans we have the ability to empathize with other living beings — it’s what makes slaughter so unpleasant for us — and knowing exactly what an animal goes through, both on the farm and in the slaughterhouse, seems an important factor in the decision to eat meat.”
and
“With a public unwilling to acknowledge the living nature of their food source, the meat industry has been free to institute practices that no compassionate person can countenance.”
Worth the read.
There are 2 Comments to "A Great Article on Slaughtering Methods and Controversy"
I know that eating meat is no necessary for me to survive. I am still in good health after 25 plus years of not eating dead animals. I am not trying to be PC or overly cautious about my health. I just cannot bring myself to being involved in the killing of any animal to provide me with food. I don’t care if the animal goes happily up the chute, stopping for some snack or other and then is killed. I am not persuaded by farm owners who were vegans or vegetarians and now see the light and slaughter away and see people like me as needing to get real. If you want to be part of killing sentient beings, it’s your choice. I struggle by without that stuff on my heart. Besides, who knows what the Good Shepard will make of all this. We’ll see. One other thing: I have a hard time understanding that people still actually eat meat.
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