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[-] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

I agree with you to an extent, but, like, what about my local farm that pasture raised pigs and cows and, yes, eventually slaughters them, how do they compare to what I think everyone agrees are terrible, the meat processing plants of the Midwest?

[-] ansiz@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago

At least for the public at large such methods aren't practical (not enough space to raise enough meat) and not able to produce meat at a cost the general public could afford.

It's also still horrible to butcher the animals, I don't consider any such killing to be humane. They are also killed at a rather young age, barely even adult just max size. You also have the forced pregnancy of the animals and odds are the pigs are still crated after giving birth, the cow calves separated from their mothers, etc.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 months ago

Nothing is black and white, of course, but slaughtering animals for consumption is animal exploitation and worse for the environment. The impact is much smaller, but still fundamentsl.

Ultimately, it comes down to how we see animals, life, and the environment.

[-] veloxization@yiffit.net 6 points 7 months ago

You can show a lot of differences, but the end result is always the same: Sentient beings dead way before their natural expiration.

[-] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago

So all the carnivorous predators are also evil?

I'm not even trying to be a jerk about it, but I've never been given a single good answer on this.

[-] veloxization@yiffit.net 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Carnivores have just as much right to live as their prey, as unfortunate as the cost of life is.

We, as humans, are in a rather unique position, being omnivores with many of us in the developed world having easy access to food. And those of us can make a choice to not cause the death of other sentient beings in order to have food.

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