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swingchickie2 days ago, i was watching one of those "driven" shows on VH1 (about kid rock, if you must know. it was really interesting.) usually, i ignore the commercials, unless it's something really funny. but during this show, a commercial came on that almost stopped my heart. PETA is actually running a TV ad now, that shows animals being slaughtered. and not photos, either... video. i won't describe what they showed, because it's really really sick and sad. i am amazed that it was even allowed to air, it was so brutal and graphic. and the thing is, the ad accomplished exactly what they wanted: i've been sick at the memory of those images for 2 whole days.
the problem is, i don't know what to do now. i've always struggled with being a meat eater, because i love animals so much... i look at everything as a baby, even mice in the house or squirrels or pigeons on the street or whatever. i can be upset for a whole day if i see an animal that's been hit by a car. for most people, like my ex, the solution would be to become vegetarian... but i can't. i'm allergic to soy, and beans and nuts can cause flare-ups of the awful stomach problems i had last year... so there go the main protein sources of a vegetarian diet. so i try to eat a lot of seafood (i rationalize that those animals aren't as highly conscious about their deaths), rarely eat beef, and if i buy chicken it's usually organic.
so, here's my question... does anyone know, is organic farming different from regular farming in the way they put the animals down? i know there's a difference in living conditions (organically raised animals are free-range and are fed normal food instead of hormones and stuff to abnormally fatten them)... but is the, i hate to say it, slaughter process any more humane?
*sigh*.
the problem is, i don't know what to do now. i've always struggled with being a meat eater, because i love animals so much... i look at everything as a baby, even mice in the house or squirrels or pigeons on the street or whatever. i can be upset for a whole day if i see an animal that's been hit by a car. for most people, like my ex, the solution would be to become vegetarian... but i can't. i'm allergic to soy, and beans and nuts can cause flare-ups of the awful stomach problems i had last year... so there go the main protein sources of a vegetarian diet. so i try to eat a lot of seafood (i rationalize that those animals aren't as highly conscious about their deaths), rarely eat beef, and if i buy chicken it's usually organic.
so, here's my question... does anyone know, is organic farming different from regular farming in the way they put the animals down? i know there's a difference in living conditions (organically raised animals are free-range and are fed normal food instead of hormones and stuff to abnormally fatten them)... but is the, i hate to say it, slaughter process any more humane?
*sigh*.
