Painful murdering of animals for food. Is it okay to murder them for food?

I don't have anything against someone trying to make the slaughtering process more... humane, so to speak. While I think it is simply unnecessary and maybe a waste of time and resources, it makes some people feel better about their food, and usually doesn't have any negative effects for anyone else, so go for it. But I do think that some people go too far when they start saying that eating animals is wrong and shouldn't be done. It's just the way of things. Humans ARE omnivorous, vegetarianism is not a natural habit, it's just a _chosen_ lifestyle. That's where P.E.T.A. and other organizations go too far (well, that and their unwarranted acts of vandalism...).

Well, I don't know about anywhere else, but i know here they don't do that crap (In Canada) they are very careful in butchering of animals, and make sure that if at all possible the animal feels no pain. Now i don't know about poachers also, but this is the way it is here, there's strict guidelines on how you are legally allowed to kill and butcher animals. When animals are used in school, i know from experience that they have been previously killed before being used for anything at all. I don't think it's a problem to eat meat, after all this is what it was put on earth for, I don't agree with the dogs and cats thing, and wouldn't eat anything like rabbit or turtle personally, but there are people out there who like it, and i can't rightfully say anything badly against that. I think it's to each his own, that's the only way we can do things now, without causing a big ruckus that doesn't need to be. Certain things i would protest yes, but consumption of meat, i wouldn't, if they are murdering these animals the way you say they are wherever you are, then i would protest, because animals don't deserve such pain, but the rest of it, i would personally leave it be... I for one Love my Meat.

Killing animal is a sin or not it based on their feelings. But it mentioned in the bible that all men avoid killing animal. We have land while not grow the vegetable for eating. Why do we eat the animal? when there are no more animal to eat what food we will eat. Some of my freinds eats anything. I feel painful when they killed a cow for a beef dinner at the party. I don't want ot eat but I have no choice.

I am a vegetarian myself and would never want to eat something that is killed for food.But i guess it is survival of the fittest in this world - if you cant survive then you are killed. Even we vegetarians eat plants and vegetables whihc do have some life in them. So if it is justified to eat that then some people may say it is justified to eat meat/fish.

I'm vegetarian, so what will be my answer? I decided to become vegetarian when I was a child. I lived in the country and once I saw a person quartering a rabbit. All that blood tormented me so much that I decided to become vegetarian when I'd have been of age. And I became it. So, I can't stand all these tortures to animals: animals for food, animals for vivisection, animals for bullfights and other feasts and spectacles.... The animal is an animal. The human being is a beast.

this practise is inhuman.... atleast a few species need to be saved...but practically its not possible to bring about such a change...lets hope something good happens to stop all these...like disease if you eat a animal...

You can not compare the slaughter of animals to pain of children of another mother. Not even close. I like steak and hamburgers and chicken and fish. I don't kill when I am out hunting or fishing just to be killing and to have something to hang on the wall. If I am not going to eat it or if someone else is not going to eat it, it doesn't die by my hands. I never keep the fish I caught. Not all animals suffer like you mentioned above. Yes some cultures do things different but who are we to judge when it comes to food and feeding?

it is very wrong in my opinion. after all an animal also have children there families etc. today peoples cut animals to earn money. they did not thing that if an animal cut thier children or or him. then he have pain for that. than why they cut animals for thier profit. wrong.

i dont know.but i am a non-vegitarian so i dont speak against this.!if i do i will miss chicken!oh god...i cant imagine it! and you say it dog...yuk

I have a quick question for all those who have shown great concern for the suffering of animals in this topic: how much of that same concern do you show for your fellow human beings? More? Less? The same? How many times have you put that feeling into actions? How many homeless people have you fed? How many times did you give money to charities? Do you consider this more or less important than easing the quick suffering of animals who are bred to serve for food to begin with? Who do you think suffers more? The sick HIV positive child in Africa who is denied medical treatments because their government refuses to admit that HIV causes AIDS, or the cow who spends a life of peace and quiet getting fat in the fields, until the one day when she is quickly killed to become food? Please understand, I'm not trying to accuse anyone of anything. Just trying to get a feeling of what everyone's priorities are.

I am a meat eater, and I have the courage to admit that. Killing animals for food is one thing. It is done (at least as stated in a response on page one, in Canada) in a humane way. The animals feel very little, if any, pain. I know that in some places including Thailand, animals are killed in disgusting circumstances for food. I once saw a documentary that showed cats being placed alive into boiling oil, to take the fur off them, and when they pulled the hairless cat out, it's eyes were gone and everything, yet the poor creature was still alive and it made a valiant attempt to get to its feet. I had to go throw up. To see suffering like that at it's worst was more than I could bear. I don't know what we can do to stop this though. So many people don't care about how animals are killed so long as it puts food on their table. It's a terrible attitude to have, yet it seems more and more people are thinking that way than ever before.

in my country its not unsual to find people drinking in the streets and cooking some stray dogs. but people have told the authorities or the media about the behavior of these people and they were questioned and told that its a crime. i also saw one on a tv program of abusive killing of pigs, they were killed by putting hot water on them, electrifying them, stabbing etc. it was all over the media and they reported it to proper authorities and was given a deadline to change their workplace. about a week the media went back to the slaughter house and indeed it was the proper place.

there nothing painful killing of animals they are chopped by a sharp knife. rather other carnivorous gives pain to others with there canine. you should tell which one is more painful a cut wound or the lacerated one . there will be more hens, lambs n other animal if we wont eat them . veggy eating materials are less to fullfill need of human being.

How cruel man murder only for food. Animal cant talk so they not demand more foods. Ohhh I am not understand man killing animal or animal killing animal for meals.

This killing of animals for food has troubled me since childhood.I belong to a family where most of them are non-vegetarians and have grown up seeing my elders relishing the non-veg delicacies and barbequing and roasting too. I mostly used to avoid eating them but have never been able to quit it entirely mostly due to avoid being the odd one out.

Yes it's really okay to murder them for food..

to some extend its ok but crossing limits dosen't look good. Reptiles like snake and turtles which are mostly on edge of extinction they r not to be used for food i m totally against the one's who disect retiles which have been on this planet for millions of years. I m also against the people who allow such missery on the animals they can't speak our language but people must understand their feelings even animals are living beings. to me painfull murdering of animals for food is totally not at all ok

Here one can see meat, fish, chicken sold on road side stalls, they kill them right in front of your eyes, this i can't see; but many demand fresh stuff; they want it killed right in front, really painful Thanks for sharing. Have a nice day. Kalyani