Do you believe its ok for people to eat meat if they raise it themselves,

Question

And the animals are treated properly. Or is killing an animal never ok for you?

Answer 1

Killing animals for food is perfectly ok for me.  That is why they are here.  I don't care who raises them.  But if you raise them yourself and leave out the hormones, treat them ethically, etc.  More power to you.

If you are going to eat, something has to die.  That includes plants.

Answer 2

Well, the cut from a knife feels just as sharp to the happy animal as it does to the unhappy animal, and I believe that given the choice both would prefer you leave them the h**l alone.

So no, I don't believe that raising your own animals for food is "ok."

Answer 3

To me, killing an animal unnecessarily is not OK.  And killing animals for food is not necessary.  It doesn't matter how fabulous a life that animal led, there's just nothing humane about cutting it down in the prime of its life to please your tastebuds.

Answer 4

I would eat it because i've been eating meat my whole life but I respect the vegetarians. Half my family is vegetarians because of religion (Taoist), so i've gone months without meat with no problems.

Answer 5

Proper treatment to animals then proceeded with their death is as inhumane and cruel as killing them without proper treatment. Taking animals lives for our our pleasure and for the luxury of everyones palate will never be okey for me. Also, eating the animal I once raised is pure guilt in me. I cant eat my own cat and dogs.

Answer 6

As long as they are raised and KILLED humanely it's not as bad. And don't bond with it either LOL

Answer 7

absolutely not!

if you think that's ok than you might as well eat your children if your a parent.

killing any animal is never ok.

GO VEGAN!

Answer 8

No, it's not okay in my opinion. You can do what you have to, just to feel good about yourself, but at the end of the day an innocent creature dies.

Answer 9

my parents raise angus beef. i am a vegetarian. our cows are fairly happy i guess, right up until the point where they are shot in the neck and bled out while fully conscious...i dont think it is ok for an animal to be killed for the sake of our tastebuds.

i dont see a point in it, i like veggie burgers

Answer 10

No, even with your own.

I don't see how killing the animal is a problem unless your a vegan.

I mean you eat the meat everyday.

Answer 11

I dont think its rite

Answer 12

If you don't them coyotes will.

Answer 13

No. I don't see how someone can raise an animal from birth, only to kill it and then eat it. D:

Answer 14

its probably  best to raise it yourself.......  that way you know what it contains

Answer 15

I think it's ok to eat meat period. People can choose to be a vegetarian because they have the luxury of choice. To say it is absolutely unnecessary to eat meat reflects a degree of ignorance of how most of the people on this earth live.

There is no other viable way to obtain meat excrept to kill them. And if people have a more humane and practical way of doing so evry single time, they would. And if people can "Star Trek" their food (Computer, steak medium rare) then there won't even be a discussion about health and ethics.