[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by y.winter

Right, while they weren't aiming for this poor animal's flesh, they craved another body part of it.
I don't see it as an end justifying the means. It's a living animal minding its own business being violently attacked/hurt/shot/slaughtered/skinned/butchered/etc for the sake of its attackers' pleasure - be it financial pleasure, gastronomic pleasure, fame and glory, fashion or arts. Is it less cruel? A dead victim could hardly care less about the "why"s of its attack.
In the end of the day, it's a violent action like the ones happening behind the high walls of slaughterhouses. There's a reason why it's mostly being hidden from kids, because we know it's unbearably violent.
I'm not blaming (I was a meat eater too) as much as I just thought it was something worth pointing out. This shock will disappear in the next "how do you like your bacon" thread in the chat forum.

This is so well written
You're right, but until we can grow meat in vats the best we can do is to provide as painless death as it is possible and regulate hunting. Humans like eating meat, we are omnivores by design