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I only eat wild venison and fish. I've seen what commercial slaughterhouses look like, how they operate, and I don't want anything to do with it. It's not necessarily the cruelty that bothers me as much as the hygiene--those places are filthy, they smell nasty, they transmit diseases like crazy, they have dubious hiring and employment practices and disgusting working conditions. I don't want to catch a horrible cow/pig/chicken disease (and there are lots). Nor do I wish to eat an animal that has been fed steroids, antibiotics, and crummy spoiled feed. Nor do I want to support a business that engages in employment practices harmful to the American economy and foreign policy.
There are diseases you can catch from fish, but they are few and far between. Wild venison is checked individually by the state game commission and Elk Wasting Disease has a short incubation time--chances are good that any infected elk will show symptoms.
I don't eat things with tentacles either, but that's for aesthetic reasons. I'm not vegetarian per se, I'm just picky.
There are diseases you can catch from fish, but they are few and far between. Wild venison is checked individually by the state game commission and Elk Wasting Disease has a short incubation time--chances are good that any infected elk will show symptoms.
I don't eat things with tentacles either, but that's for aesthetic reasons. I'm not vegetarian per se, I'm just picky.