[Livia]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

The thing is: on that premise.... 'someone who kills something he doesn't eat deserves to be removed from the gene pool', would also include you - unless of course, you intended to eat him once you've killed him.

You cannibal you !

I'm not a vegetarian but I only eat things that have been humanely reared and killed. So as I intend to gut-shoot him and leave him to kick for an hour or so, on my own premise, no... I wouldn't eat him.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Livia

I'm not a vegetarian but I only eat things that have been humanely reared and killed. So as I intend to gut-shoot him and leave him to kick for an hour or so, on my own premise, no... I wouldn't eat him.

If that's how you feel, that's how you feel: however unless you are witnessing every bit of meat you eat, being reared or how it is slaughtered: like every meat eater - we do not know for sure just how 'humanely' reared and slaughtered the meat on our plates are.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

If that's how you feel, that's how you feel: however unless you are witnessing every bit of meat you eat, being reared or how it is slaughtered: like every meat eater - we do not know for sure just how 'humanely' reared and slaughtered the meat on our plates are.

I buy my meat locally from suppliers I know and I pay more for it. I don't buy meat from the supermarket. To a certain extent you have to trust the people you're buying from, so I don't feel the need to follow an animal from birth to death. I make an effort though. If more people did, animal welfare would be a higher priority.

Hunting an endangered species for fun or profit isn't the same thing.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Livia

I buy my meat locally from suppliers I know and I pay more for it. I don't buy meat from the supermarket. To a certain extent you have to trust the people you're buying from, so I don't feel the need to follow an animal from birth to death. I make an effort though. If more people did, animal welfare would be a higher priority.

Hunting an endangered species for fun or profit isn't the same thing.

I didn't say it was the same thing: you brought the meat being humanely reared and slaughtered into the equation because I mentioned about you killing something you weren't going to eat. I understand perfectly what you mean, but putting your trust in what you believe is happening - is not the same as being absolutely assured 100%. It's digressing somewhat.

If it was my wee moggy - that would be a different story altogether: but that's not the dilemma.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

I didn't say it was the same thing: you brought the meat being humanely reared and slaughtered into the equation because I mentioned about you killing something you weren't going to eat. I understand perfectly what you mean, but putting your trust in what you believe is happening - is not the same as being absolutely assured 100%. It's digressing somewhat.

If it was my wee moggy - that would be a different story altogether: but that's not the dilemma.

You know what, let the hunter do what he likes, I'm too exhausted to continue this. I was just trying to be a bit light about the humane thing and equating it to the fact I buy humanely reared and killed meat, but I acknowledge that because I can't monitor it from birth to death, it's probably been abused in some horrible way before I buy it.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Livia

You know what, let the hunter do what he likes, I'm too exhausted to continue this. I was just trying to be a bit light about the humane thing and equating it to the fact I buy humanely reared and killed meat, but I acknowledge that because I can't monitor it from birth to death, it's probably been abused in some horrible way before I buy it.

I know what you were getting at. Given that it was a moral dilemma, all I was doing was looking at it from other angles.

We've all got our reasons - that doesn't mean one is wrong and the other is wrong: it's simply an alternative view. Nothing more.