Question to Vegans/Vegetarians about circumstances of eating/using an animal. Would you in this situation?

Question

First of all, I'm a vegetarian and I've been one for about 4 and half years, though in the past year or two I've started to eat seafood. I did it for lent and then just continued because it seemed healthy. But I wanted to ask this to other vegans/vegetarians. Would you eat an animal if it died after just living its life in normal circumstances - on an open field, healthy diet, living with its family; how an animal is supposed to naturally live. Or what if some one owned a farm and let their animals roam freely in an open area, eating healthy, ect. AND it was killed humanely, without any pain caused to the animal. Would you eat it then? And also with milk or wool. What if the baby calf was given an equally nutritious milk substitute and the cow's milk was used to market. Or what I said earlier, what if a sheep died in its natural environment - would you use its fur? The list of examples could go on and on, but you get the point. Would you eat/use the animals in these situations?

Answer 1

I don't eat meat for a reason,I made a conscious decision years ago that I didn't want to eat any animal flesh ever again,that goes for fish and seafood.It still makes me chuckle when I hear people say "oh i'm a veggie" then follow it by saying "but I eat fish".I would like to progress to veganism in the foreseeable future,to the dedicated vegans out there,I tip my hat...

The second part of your question is concerning fur.Sheep are not killed for their "fur", whereas minks and chinchillas,even foxes, are, they are bred and killed under incredibly inhumane conditions,specifically to be worn by ugly humans.Fake fur is so much nicer.

Answer 2

Well the thing about that is I wouldnt eat it but I might suggest it to people who wont give up meat. This way theyre not supporting the vicious slaughterhouses. Its my personal choice not to eat meat and I will never ever eat it again. Passionate veg*ns will not eat meat no matter what so questions like this are not convincing.

Answer 3

First of all, if an animal died of natural causes, you really wouldn't want to eat the flesh because it would likely be diseased.  And define "normal circumstances," please.

Second, there is no such thing as humane killing, and if you truly were a vegetarian, you'd have known that.  You are not a vegetarian now because you eat the flesh of sea animals.

Breast feeding advocates claim there really is no substitute for breast milk; I would guess the same is true for calves and cows.  Taking the milk from the cows to feed humans instead of their babies is still theft no matter how "humanely" the animals are treated.  Besides, I'm an adult human, and I shouldn't be drinking the milk of any mammal, especially not that of another species.

Under no circumstances would I use this, so please everybody, let's stop playing "gotcha," okay?

Answer 4

No, I don't believe humans physiologically were made to eat meat.  Our bodies are very much like herbivores.  I feel weird that I do drink milk, because that feels unnatural to me.  I'm slowly weaning off of it.

And definitely with fur.  I think that it's sick that we have to put on the skin of other animals to make us look 'better'.  I don't even wear leather.  I just want to do what's natural.

Answer 5

I would never eat meat, no matter how it died. To me it's kind of like eating other people. Oh yummy... (Note the sarcasm)

Answer 6

No matter how the animal died, I would not eat meat.

It's still flesh of an animal, and vegetarians don't eat animals.

You are a pescatarian, not a vegetarian. This is what The Vegetarian Society says about fish/seafood:

http://www.vegsoc.org/fish/

For me, fur is a no-no too.

Answer 7

you just have to make a decision and stick with it. I'm just kind of not really comfortable eating the meat. it just doesn't seem humane. i know some people are more comfortable if the animal was put through a "better life"

Just reflect and figure out how comfortable you are

just like in every other belief,there are some people who are more extreme than others.

so i guess your answer is NO, that i would not

Answer 8

"pescetarian" is not any sort of vegetarian.  Vegetarians do not eat "seafood".   Would I eat a dead animal that dies in the field?    No..I don't know anyone that would.

Answer 9

Nope, I still wouldn't eat meat. I stopped eating meat for the animals but the thought of eating meat now makes me sick. It's FLESH after all, it's BLOODY, it was once ALIVE! Why would I want to eat it? Yuck!

That said, I'm definitely less opposed to other people eating meat if animals were treated this way. I'd be able to sleep a whole lot better at night if animals were only treated right...

Answer 10

hmmmm.. tough question. I would definately prefer it to traditional meat, but it would gross me out cuz it's dead flesh. Yuck! Plus it's dead...poor thing. I agree with apres vous that maybe if before i turned veggie, then i would still eat meat, but now i'm not going back.

Overall, I would have to say no to meat, but yes to milk, wool, eggs, etc.

Answer 11

No, as I am a vegetarian mostly for health reasons this wouldn't change anything for me.  Even if I wasn't a vegetarian, I wouldn't want to eat an animal that died of natural causes.  It died for a reason, why would I want to consume something that died of a disease, etc.?  It doesn't seem like a good idea to eat diseased remains of animals.  Not to mention that animals have to be slaughtered immediately before they are processed.  Bodies begin to rot immediately after death, you wouldn't want to eat something that had already been sitting outside and rotting for hours or even days.

Also, vegetarians do not eat seafood.

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"what if a sheep died in its natural environment - would you use its fur?"

I guess if for some highly unlikely reason that I ever needed an animals skin/fur/etc. to survive (does that situation even exist?), then sure, I wouldn't have a problem cutting a dead sheep's hair.  I don't know why you would ever need to do something that random, but sure... why not.  I don't see how a dead sheep suffers by having a post-mortem haircut.

Answer 12

Alright . . . I didn't read all of the question.  I stopped once I hit the bull . . .  First of all, no, I would not eat meat no matter the circumstances.  Second of all, Seafood is not healthy.  Third of all, DO NOT call yourself a vegetarian if you eat animals!!!!  Do you think that shrimp is a vegetable!?!?!?

Answer 13

young man we are vegetarian for centuries ,how can you just even think of eatting a dead animal,will you eat your pet dog after it dies....?

Proteins: Body's protein needs can be provided by either animal or plant sources. Mixed protein diet obtained from various plant sources is better than animal protein and is recommended in diabetes, renal diseases and liver diseases. Mixed protein diet from different plant sources has been the pattern of diet in India for all vegetarians.

Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates are mainly found in plant foods; like cereals, grains, fresh and dry fruits, legumes, vegetable, greens, nuts etc. plant carbohydrates include' large amounts of starches, sugar and fibers which are important for gut functions. The body is better suited to a high carbohydrate diet than a low carbohydrate diet. In fact 55% of the food intake should be carbohydrate. All animal products do not contain carbohydrate which is essential for body.

Fat: Plant fats differ from animal fats in two different ways 1) they are cholesterol free 2) they generally contain more polyunsaturated fat and less saturated fats. Plant fats usually have higher polyunsaturated fat value than animal fats.

A diet which is low in cholesterol and which contains fat of a high PIS value is associated with a lower incident of coronary health disease.

Vitamins and Minerals: plant foods are rich in many vitamins and minerals.

Vitamin D: Vitamin D is obtained by exposure of skin to sun light and this is not a problem in India.

Calcium: The vegetarians can meet their needs for calcium from dairy products. Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) Dark green vegetables are good sources of Riboflavin as are legumes and whole grain cereal.

Iron: The problem of iron deficiency is relatively common but vitamin C significantly enhances absorption of iron hence it is advisable for vegetarians to include with each meal a food high in vitamin C which as lime, citrus fruits or juices.

Zinc: Zinc is found in large number of plant foods.

Fiber: Fiber is found only in vegetarian food like whole grain cereals, legumes, greens, fruits, vegetable etc.

Thus in vegetarian foods all requirement of nutrition for body growth and maintenance is fulfilled. One can have a complete and balanced diet provided we take enough food which is as close to nature as possible in maintaining sturdy and disease free body. It is equally helpful in curing many diseases.

ADVANTAGES OF VEGETARIAN DIET:

More & more evidence is surfacing that directly links a prolonged non- vegetarian diet to diseases as cancers, heart diseases, diabetes, asthma just to name a few.

1. LOGEVITY: Vegetarian can expect to live 4-10 years longer then the non-vegetarians.

" Source: Seventh day Adventists study

2. LESS HEART DISEASE: Because of low fat, saturated fat and cholesterol content of the vegetarian diet the risk of heart disease is lowered. High blood cholesterol levels are associated with increased risk of heart disease.

3. LESS CANCER: Up to 40% of all cancers are diet related. Cancer death rates have been associated with obesity and high fat / low fiber diet. Vitamin A & C are thought to be protective against colon cancer. Low fat diets protect against prostrate and breast cancer. Indoles, lignans, isoflavones, protease inhibitors which are present in plant foods and shown to be potent anti carcinogens.

4. LESS BOWEL DISEASE: Diverticular disease and appendicitis occur more frequently with low fiber intake as in meat diet.

5. LEES OBESITY & LESS INCIDENCE OF DIABETES: It is easier to plan a low fat diet for a vegetarian then for a meat eater. The fiber in plant food dilutes the energy & provides a satisfying meal without all the calories. Diabetes over the age of 40 seems to be related to obesity.

Answer 14

I wouldn't eat is period. If I did eat any meat I think I would throw up, only because I don't think my stomach could handle it. (I don't plan on trying to anyways, I've been a veggie for 5 years and who knows what might have happened to my stomach)

Answer 15

I would never eat an animal in my right mind no matter how he or she died.

Vegetarians don't eat meat. Seafood is meat.

Answer 16

I agree with the others that I wouldn't eat the meat.  Perhaps if animals just died and weren't slaughtered or terrorized I would've still been a meat-eater, but now that I've started I'm never going back, no matter the circumstance.  Why would I poison my body?

Answer 17

I would not eat an animal no matter what its cause of death is.

Answer 18

No.  I wouldn't do any of those things.

Kami, sheep are hurt in the sheering process.  They do it very quickly and carelessly, injuring the sheep and cutting them.

In Australia they cut a big part of the sheeps *** off too.

Answer 19

I would not since I feel that humans were not made with the intent of consuming animals.

Answer 20

I absolutely would not eat or use anything from an animal - even if it died of natural causes (or in a humane way).

The way I see it - why use anything from animals when there is a bounty of options that can be found in plants? From clothing (cotton suits me just fine - I don't need to wear wool in the winter), to food (I don't even see animals as food anymore), we just don't need their meat or skin.

Answer 21

Your question scared me. There are people who don't use wool because it comes from a sheep?! The animals ain't harmed, people, just sheared!!! It's like if you had cancer and lost your hair, would you refuse a wig because it was made of real human hair? (People DONATE it or get paid for it.) Just like a haircut doesn't hurt humans, shearing doesn't hurt sheep.