I do agree that if you can help an animal to not suffer you are doing good. What I dont believe in is ending an animals life for our own selfish needs. Not because I think an animal is going to live forever, and that I think we are here to change the world. My sadness sprouts from the betrayal. You raise an animal from a baby. It follows you around, and when you pick it up it makes that sweet chicken purr when still a baby. It gets older, you come to the run, they all come running. (They are happy to be fed) but they also TRUST that you are going to feed them. And be good to them. When you take a chicken out because you want to eat it, youve lied to the bird its whole life. Youve shown it that you are there to nourish and care for it. Then you betray it. That it me is terribly sad. Now, if you are out in the wild, and hunting a wild bird and you are going to eat it, and make use of its body, fine. Youve only acted as a predator. It just makes me sad that people treat animals the way they do. Like slaves or machines. I know alot of you love your chickens, and thats what I dont get. You talk about how much you love them, and then you kill them. It makes me sad. Thats it.