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What an awesome experience. Thanks for sharing.
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Not to mention the thousands of acres of rainforrest burned down every year to grow more soybeans.Can you guarantee 100% that the farms your vegetables are grown on are no-kill farms? Farms typically kill quite a few animals during the growth and harvesting of their crops.
Most farms and food production facilities trap rodents that try to get in and contaminate or otherwise destroy their crops. Here's a hint, those aren't catch-and-release programs. If those rodents are not killed, they will spread disease and filth through the entire food supply. In fact, it is legally required for licensed food production and distribution facilities to have rodent control and elimination programs. Thus, in point of fact multiple rodents have had to die in order for you to receive food.
How many insects have been killed? Far too many to count. Now, some people do not consider insects as being in the same category as "animals" and I respect that, however the fact remains those insects DID die in order for you to have food to live.
What about hunting? Without control of the deer, rabbit, and other populations, farmers' crops will be completely devoured. Unless some of the excess population die, the overpopulation will skyrocket until they have stripped trees and farm fields alike. Once populations reach critical levels, the animals will begin to die off of disease and starvation, suffering horribly until finally the population levels once again reduce to reasonable levels. Many of them will die due to vehicle collisions, in fact deer and other wild herd animals account for hundreds of millions of dollars in vehicle damage and injuries to drivers every year. Some claim the solution is to increase populations of wolves and other predator animals, but the fact is predators seek out the easiest targets, which means pets, livestock, and small children will be targets before the cunning and wary herds of wildlife.
Whether we are willing to acknowledge it or not, the survival of our species has depended on the life and death of many animals, whether they were used for advancement in medical science, for food/clothing/shelter, or simply killed to prevent the spread of disease/protect the family from predators.
I know that not all vegetarians maintain a stance that is entirely at odds with reality, many are quite sensible. However when I encounter people who are in deep denial about how the food supply chain actually works, I feel an irresistible impulse to present factual evidence. Certainly, those who are set in their beliefs may not be convinced, but others who have not considered the facts of the matter, or who are still making up their minds, may come to a more reasonable point of view.
I know this is a bit off the topic of whether or not it is ethical to eat livestock raised in a comfortable pet-like environment, but I feel it is relevant to the discussion as a whole, and particularly since the provably false statement that no animals ever have to die in order for humans to live has been trotted out.
No problem. I love my school and that they allow expiriences like this to be given to students. Instead of watching videos on it, we got to see it hands on. I am a huge animal lover and have spent my short young life doing all I can for animals but I also enjoy eating good meat and knowing where my food comes from was very educational for me and I think I'd rather go through killing chickens myself than eating factory chicken ever again. I haven't completly decided yet, but I think next spring I'll begin raising chickens for meat.What an awesome experience. Thanks for sharing.
Not to mention the thousands of acres of rainforrest burned down every year to grow more soybeans.
No animal needs to die for us to live.
No animal needs to die for us to live.
So, animals do have to die for YOU to live. Just wanted to be clear on that.