Are vegetarians allowed to kill bugs?

Question

I wanted to know if it was okay for vegetarians to kill an insect if it was bothering them since insects are living creatures too.

I am not trying to ask a loaded question or be sarcastic but are you allowed to kill bugs?

If you can, what is the cutoff limit on what can you kill?

Answer 1

I am a vegetarian, and still feel guilty if I were to kill an insect. For instance, I would never kill a spider, or a lady bug, or a bee, etc. However, if a bug were about to bite me, or was invading my home (i.e getting an exterminator to handle a roach problem), I would carry on with ambivalence)

Answer 2

No you cannot. They are living creatures and have just as much right to be hear as cows, pigs, lambs vegans and veggies, birds and bees.

Remember, that bug is anothers child, and possible a parent themslves.

How many mosquito babies die because there mother was smashed just trying to bring them home some supper?

Answer 3

People are vegetarians for different reasons. People who are vegetarians for animal rights reasons shouldn't kill bugs unless it's in self defense: they are trying to bite you, invade your home, or eat your garden, etc. Just stamping on them, when they are not pestering you is off limits.

Don't hurt frogs they eat their weight in bitting bugs almost every day.

Well the limit depends on if you need to defend yourself. If a lion was charging me and I had no way to excape. I'd shoot that beast between the eyes.

Answer 4

Of course. Vegetarianism is a DIET. They can't eat them.

Answer 5

NO FROGS!!! The determination is the complexity of the creature. And whether it's a nuisance. Mice breed like crazy, and I made the mistake of just letting them reproduce. Then there were more to kill. Same with roaches. You have to find out what you can do. I tried a humane trap for mice but it didn't work. Maybe they've got better ones now, though. However, I will slap skeeters any time they bite...moscitos are pure evil, LOL. Fireflies I would never kill. They are neat and don't bug us. Flies I will shoo and if they don't go away, then they will get it. But I try and value life when possible...

Answer 6

Cant kill bugs

Answer 7

What is the cutoff? What are you talking about?

What you're talking about has nothing to do with vegetarianism. Vegetarianism is about diet. What you eat.  

Answer 8

Okay, just because you are a vegetarian, doesn't mean you can't kill anything, but most vegetarian choose not to kill any kinds of animals, which is why they become vegetarians.

I mean, if you are a vegetarian, you can kill a bug, and I'm sure there is no real rule about it. Plus, a vegetarian chooses to be one because they think that it is wrong.

Yeah, it's a tad bit hypocritical, but that's okay, because I'm a vegetarian and I really don't care too much for insects.

Answer 9

Can kill anything.

Eat, no.

Answer 10

I am a vegetarian and rarely kill bugs because if I was a bug I wouldn't want to be squished.

Wasps if its in the house, I will kill them because they will just stink you for no reason. Bumble bees I do not kill.

Flys usually bother you and then die or find a way out, i dont buy those fly traps ew.

I don't kill crickets or beetles i put those outside.

and if i am outside. i do not usually kill any bugs because to me, i think its their home.

and i even save bugs from the pool. :) even yellow jackets and what not.

thats me though. i love everything.

Answer 11

"Allowed"?  There is no governing body and no holy book.

Vegetarians will generally kill (or have killed) anything which could be reasonably considered harmful, like roaches, fire ants, or scorpions.