Rupert_Baehr Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I first killed a rabbit when I was 4. (I used to go out with my Dad to check the snares ... that's how we got our meat.) I have been known to hunt animals, to shoot birds and to catch fish. If I'm not going to eat it, I'm not going to catch it or to kill it. Meat - and the flesh of fish - comes from living creatures. If you're going to eat it, you should (IMO) be prepared to kill it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleycorn Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I would but I don' for the same reason I don't farm cereal crops, mine coal, build computers, or post letters. Everything else I do myself from scratch. jb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gethical Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Some of you may of missed the point, I think the question was supposed to be more rhetorical than literal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonbird Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I saw a food programme once where a boar was going to be killed and turned into a years worth of sausages. The farmer would use his rifle to scratch the boar on the head every day whilst feeding it. This way when "the big day" came the boar would feel no anxiety or fear and the kill would be quick and stress free. I don't know how to feel about this, it is so kind and thoughtful and yet awful all at the same time If I had to kill to eat meat...it would be very hard, I could kill fish I think, maybe wild rabbits or pheasants etc, I don't think that I could kill anything that I had to rear and care for at all, either way I would find it very very hard at first I am sure and would probably end up living on black berries or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 So, do you live on blackberries or do you buy meat from Tesco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonbird Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 So, do you live on blackberries or do you buy meat from Tesco? I live on blackberries...what do you think? and what do you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I don't think you have to become a vegetarian only because you are not able/willing to kill animals. However, I cannot understand the people who eat meat but freak out when they get reminded that the dish on their plate was a living creature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrod Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Each to their own I suppose - I'll never understand veggies, and they probably don't understand why I enjoy a steak that's oozing a little blood. Bagging your own meat and cooking it within hours is very rewarding, sometimes even watching residual muscle twitch as you're preparing the cuts for the pan. Yummy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I live on blackberries...what do you think? and what do you do? Did you read my previous post? Sometimes I buy meat from a butcher, sometimes I kill it myself. Meat doesn't come from butchers or from supermarkets. Somebody has to kill it. I only kill what I'm going to eat - as I said earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonbird Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Did you read my previous post? Sometimes I buy meat from a butcher, sometimes I kill it myself. Meat doesn't come from butchers or from supermarkets. Somebody has to kill it. I only kill what I'm going to eat - as I said earlier. No I didn't, I read it now though. I am well aware that meat was a living creature, I know it doesn't come from supermarkets, I have said that if I needed to I would kill fish not sure about anything else...don't see the problem in not killing if I don't have to, I am not experienced in it and would probably make a mess of it, plus I don't actually want to. Not sure where you are going with this really, life today means that people can eat meat without killing it, I am sure that you also do that from time to time, its not unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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