Sport new years resolution to go veg

[malkore]

Well, the real problem is, we don't have enough ranch land...land in general is too expensive, so 'the norm' has ot be be these confined chicken cages.

so, really, the problem is human population growing too fast...being too dense, to allow us to raise animals in a humane way ALL the time. Fish farms, chicken farms, etc...
we sacrifice a degree of humane treatment for the benefit of feeding more people.

I will, however, completely agree with people who don't want hormone injections in our cattle/chickens/etc. I don't think that's good/healthy for the animal, nor the end consumer.

 

[my65289stang]

The issue that the OP raises is becoming vegetarian. By definition a vegetarian is a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc. There is no more so called "depth" to understand.

The OP states "I grew up in a family who were all about animal rights and welfare." so I just questioned if the OP owned items made of leather and pointed out the connection between leather shoes and dead cows.

Another OP concern was, "After seeing the cruel torture they put the animals through..." A cow that is made into a belt is not treated any more humanely than one that is made into steaks (actually it is probably the same cow that is made into both beef products and leather products).

The ultimate point being, if the OP is concerned about the inhumaine treatment of animals then they should not eat meat or use or consume any animal products at all in order to help prevent the inhumaine treatment of animals. If people go 100% vegetarian and do not use any animal products of any kind, then more power to them. What I am having trouble understanding is the people who stop eating meat to stop the inhumaine treatment of animals but they still use and consume animal products that are created through the same means as the meat products