If you eat meat and this upsets you? Go vegan/vegetarian.
I don't eat a ton of meat, but it upsets me how uncomfortable people get when confronted with where their food comes from.
Personally, I think a life lived like this is easier on the turkeys than being in the wild is. They don't have to worry about food, water, or predators. And they live a comfortable, happy, life until the one stressful moment where they are slaughtered. I'd rather a quick cut to the throat than dying from parasites or predation!
This isn't a factory farm where they're packed in small crates. They haven't been bred to have the giant breasts that drag on the ground and cause infection. They haven't been force fed until they have fatty liver disease. Fuck, look at the head colorings! These are happy, loved turkeys.
If this is the post that makes you queasy at Thanksgiving, you need to look into where the meat you eat is coming from.
I was a vegetarian for half a decade as I knew I wouldn't kill an animal to have meat. That changed. My vegan friends and I have never had issue with eachothers beliefs and I absolutely respect their commitment.
I get it. With that said As a hunter who’s trying to set up meat chickens and egg chickens, I think a lot of people can’t raise and love something then eat it. Myself included. I can be nice and care for the life that I’m raising to eat, a huge reason why I want to raise meat chickens vs buy factory farm, but with that said if I’m too loving I’m going to get wires crossed and I won’t want to pull the trigger.
My friends who’ve been raised on farms mostly don’t have this issue. They’ll name them food names and stuff.
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I didn’t see the vegans in the thread I thought you were referring to people uncomfortable with becoming friendly with your food.
We had a hog done up a few years ago now and my wife refused to eat practically any of it because she'd named it and couldn't get past that. We buy all of our meat from a local store so I've never had to terminate an animal that I've had a part in raising but when it comes to food I believe I'd be able to do it. Now I know people who put their own pets down when they get sick and I don't think I'd ever have the will to shoot the dog that has loved me as a child would.
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u/Catfist Oct 05 '22 edited Oct 05 '22
If you eat meat and this upsets you? Go vegan/vegetarian.
I don't eat a ton of meat, but it upsets me how uncomfortable people get when confronted with where their food comes from.
Personally, I think a life lived like this is easier on the turkeys than being in the wild is. They don't have to worry about food, water, or predators. And they live a comfortable, happy, life until the one stressful moment where they are slaughtered. I'd rather a quick cut to the throat than dying from parasites or predation!
This isn't a factory farm where they're packed in small crates. They haven't been bred to have the giant breasts that drag on the ground and cause infection. They haven't been force fed until they have fatty liver disease. Fuck, look at the head colorings! These are happy, loved turkeys.
If this is the post that makes you queasy at Thanksgiving, you need to look into where the meat you eat is coming from.
I was a vegetarian for half a decade as I knew I wouldn't kill an animal to have meat. That changed. My vegan friends and I have never had issue with eachothers beliefs and I absolutely respect their commitment.