Would You Become A Vegetarian

[nailit]

If you had to slaughter your own animals?
In the past Ive had cause to 'put down' chickens, kittens, fish, gerbils, hamsters and other small animals (chickens when I worked on a farm and the others were sick pets) I could never imagine eating anything that Ive had to kill but I guess that makes me a hypocrite as I'll gladly eat pre-packed animals that someone else has been paid to slaughter. After all, a sausauge is not really a pig is it?
If you had to raise a lamb, and then take it from its mother, kill it, and then eat it would you?

just curious as to how we (as humans) love animals...as pets etc...but feel nothing about eating them.
Thanks.

[nailit]

I know exactly what you are saying O-G
//same as people paid me for my skills when I worked//
but it doesn't take any skill to kill an animal.

[melv16]

I've caught, killed and eaten; trout, cod, plaice and sea bass. I've also skinned and gutted rabbits and hares. Pheasants and mallard have had the same treatment. If it's dead you might as well eat it.

[Old_Geezer]

Probably Jahulaye. But a weird thing to do. Difficult to ensure they stayed put unless they were in a frame which would be distressful. Ideally one should look for some gas that sends them off to unconsciousness, then death, without affecting the animal as food.

[nailit]

I don't get ''humane'' deaths either!
Can someone please explain to me how you ''humanely'' kill something that doesn't want to be killed?

[Old_Geezer]

It does to do it properly nailit, and the nerve required is classed as a natural skill in itself.

[Old_Geezer]

Humanely is without stress, fear, pain, suffering, etc..

[nailit]

//It does to do it properly nailit, and the nerve required is classed as a natural skill in itself// If it was NATURAL O-G then we would all be doing it and not paying others to do it surely?

[Tilly2]

No, I wouldn't choose to become a vegetarian, I like meat too much. However, if it came to it, I would choose to eat a roast turnip rather than slaughter an animal myself. I can't even kill an ant without fretting about it.
I do sometimes feel guilty about eating meat but as someone else is being paid to slaughter the animal, and obviously doesn't mind about doing it, then I will continue to buy and eat it.

[xstitcher]

Once I caught a fish but when the time came, couldn’t eat it.

[ummmm]

Nailit - people have different skills. I couldn't be a nurse but it comes naturally to some.

[NoMercy]

I would rather give up meat than kill an animal with my bare hands. I don't eat much meat anyway. I'm a salad lover. :-)

[DTCwordfan]

Emphatically no, country bumpkin here....knows what it takes and likes the taste of well-hung meat....pheasants at the moment....

[rockyracoon]

'If humans are natural carnivores then why do we have such a revulsion about going out and killing (and eating) a baby animal (baby animals been the most easy prey of carnivores)'

I don't think it's to do with being human as people in other countries have no problem with it. I think it's more to do with how we see our pets, us Brits have a habit of anthropomorphising our animals, which leads to us being sqeamish about killing them. Especially when they look at you with their lovely, big brown eyes...

[Old_Geezer]

No. Not everyone has every natural ability. For example one person may be a natural at solving/understanding maths problems, another a natural at playing tennis.

[albaqwerty]

humanely killed = a quick clean shot into the brain.

Well, according the my sons who work in a slaughterhouse anyway.

Take a lamb from it's mother? yep, no problem,
Pork chops are lovely.

Being vegetarian or vegan is a waste of time imo, but each to their own,

[237SJ]

When you are a farmer, you don't get attached to your animals (giving them names etc). You can't. You have a diffrerent mindset from someone who keep animals as pets.

[hereIam]

Yes I'd become a veggie if I had to slaughter animals.

[EcclesCake]

Equally happy to off animals as I am to be vegetarian there's no relation to be had between the two for me.