I've slaughtered farm animals before. I feel a little sorry for the stock before I do it, but I know that if I want to enjoy meat, I need to be comfortable with the fact that an animal needs to die.
I take it one step further. If I'm personally not comfortable taking the life of an animal to consume it, then I shouldn't be comfortable consuming an animal that someone else killed.
That's a big reason why I want to begin hunting. I want to be more connected with where my food comes from. And since I choose to eat meat, I feel I need to be involved in that process and be comfortable with it. If I'm not comfortable with it, then I should not eat meat.
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