A tiger has every right to kill an antelope as a human has to kill a cow. The real ethical problem for me lies not in the killing of animals, but rather the conditions they live in prior to execution, and the method of execution. There is a way to ethically consume meat, and it is non industrial and requires each person to do the kill so as to not be alienated from the significance of killing an animal to feed oneself.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I agree, but a tiger doesn't breed antelope into being, and feed them at the expense of all life on earth just so they can have a nice meal.

If you're hunting, fine. They were eating grass and stuff from the ecosystem.

If you're farming then you're creating massive amounts of waste to generate meat.

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[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago (15 children)

If you're going to go all biblical to make us feel bad then you have to acknowledge how the bible also says all the animals are here for us specifically.

I'm not religious and even I know it says that.

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[–] rowdy@lemmy.zip 54 points 1 week ago (2 children)

ffs Joe, did you kill a fucking elephant?

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 51 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Yeah I thought this was a carnivore joke, but some of those animals do NOT check out 😨

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[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Is it just the ones I personally killed or do you have to say sorry to like five cows for every burger you ate? Also do clams count? because they barely have a nervous system

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The black in the background are all the bacteria.

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