Would you eat meat if you had to kill it?

Doc · 30-07-2010 02:48AM #1

Looking over a number of threads I was just wondering, how many of you would eat meat if you had to kill it first?

Personally I would defiantly be prepared to kill a cow, lamb, pig or chicken or any other animal that I eat. I eat meat and so don’t have any moral objection to a animal dieing for me to do so. I’m not saying I would enjoy killing anything but I see it as a natural thing.

I have friends who I have spoken to about this and despite the fact they eat meat they seemed discussed that I could kill something. They said they couldn’t bring themselves to do it. While I understand their reluctance I don’t understand how they can have a moral objection to killing an animal but not to eating its meat?

Currently I have only ever killed fish that I have caught to eat but I 100% believe that I would be able to kill any other animal that I currently eat.

Midnight_EG · 30-07-2010 02:49AM

Yes.

starbelgrade · 30-07-2010 02:53AM

I have no opinion but like pressing buttons and seeing poll results.

I'd hate to think that every time I were to eat pussy, that I would have to kill a cat.

Hank_Jones · 30-07-2010 02:53AM

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I don't see why not.

Don't mean to be bad, but cows and pigs and chickens aren't exactly the cutest of animals and I don't see them really serving a purpose (unless we end up living in a Mad Max Thunderdome world) besides being food for us.
We breed them to eat them, so I wouldn't really have a problem killing them.
I'd try to be as humane as possible though.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 30-07-2010 02:55AM

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I think you'd be a bit hypocritical not to.

Now it wouldn't be a nice experience. I live on a farm and I have reared lambs by hand that then went to the factory and it's never nice being there with the smell and the bones in skips outside. But if you eat meat it is part of the process.

I do think however that there is a responsability to ensure that it is quick and painless and that the animals have a comfortable and nurtured life beforehand.

That is why I have no time for battery farms

It wasn't me! · 30-07-2010 02:55AM

Yes. Indeed, one of my ambitions is to source and supply all the meat I consume through ethical hunting and fishing. There is nothing to compare with wild rabbit, pheasant or venison, sea trout or salmon, so supplying my own would ensure I never feel bored and always eat the finest food there is.

starbelgrade · 30-07-2010 02:56AM

I have no opinion but like pressing buttons and seeing poll results.

Briella Proud Shrapnel wrote: »

That is why I have no time for battery farms

If it weren't for battery farms, then we wouldn't have the Duracell bunny.

Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing.

storm2811 · 30-07-2010 02:57AM

I would kill some animals that I eat but not all.

I don't know if I'd be able to kill anything other than fish and even then I can't prepare it for cooking so..
Life or death though,I'd kill fcuking anything to eat,has to be done.
I have eaten food hunted and killed by other people though,just couldn't do it myself unless it was absolutely necessary.

eyes_alive · 30-07-2010 02:58AM

I have no opinion but like pressing buttons and seeing poll results.

I'd prob get more pleasure having to hunt for some hamburgers... Prob taste better too

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 30-07-2010 03:00AM

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starbelgrade wrote: »

If it weren't for battery farms, then we wouldn't have the Duracell bunny.

Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing.

I'd eat that little bastard alive, he annoys me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smYQeWxa5wg

flas · 30-07-2010 03:00AM

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yes i would and i would even go as far as to say it would taste even better if you hunted and killed the animal yourself,much like any fish i have eaten that i have caught tasted way better than any fish i ever bought!

Nebit · 30-07-2010 03:01AM

I have no opinion but like pressing buttons and seeing poll results.

if the situation was if i had to, then yes and i see little wrong with it.
However if its just out of the blue, meh, why bother when i can grab meat from the nearest supermarket.

Edit: This said i often go out crabbing and have a tasty meal afterwards

starbelgrade · 30-07-2010 03:03AM

I have no opinion but like pressing buttons and seeing poll results.

Animals that I've killed to eat have been chickens, a wild boar & some lobsters.

I've also killed a cat, a rat & a hedgehog, but that's only coz I couldn't avoid them when I was driving. The hedgehog was the only one that didn't die instantly & I had nothing in the car to kill it with properly to put it out of it's misery.

So I ran over it again.

laugh · 30-07-2010 03:05AM

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All the smartest stuff eats meat.

It wasn't me! · 30-07-2010 03:06AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

Animals that I've killed to eat have been chickens, a wild boar & some lobsters.

Planning a possible trip to either France or Germany to hunt wild boar in about a year and a half. Where did you encounter yours?

seensensee · 30-07-2010 03:11AM

I have no opinion but like pressing buttons and seeing poll results.

I'll only eat the meat I would hunt and kill but killing's of the agenda around here, ergo no meat.
Luckily there is a good supply of vegetables, cereals, beans and pulses, vitamins and minerals available so meat free is easy.

starbelgrade · 30-07-2010 03:15AM

I have no opinion but like pressing buttons and seeing poll results.

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Planning a possible trip to either France or Germany to hunt wild boar in about a year and a half. Where did you encounter yours?

In Asturias in the north coast of Spain. Tasty bugger he was too!

It wasn't me! · 30-07-2010 03:22AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

In Asturias in the north coast of Spain. Tasty bugger he was too!

Working on a recipe over the next few months for a spicy tomato venison and wild boar pork belly stew to keep the winter at bay. Hoping to find a few friends taking a trip east for some shooting to scab meat off. Should be a good one for the job. Will be travelling myself, probably around the new year of 2012 to do it.

rubensni · 30-07-2010 03:22AM

I would kill any animal that I would eat.

For me, it's not so much the prospect of killing it but the cleaning out that would be the big no-no. If somebody gave me a gun and told me to go out and shoot a cow in the head I could do it no problem any day, however the prospect of slicing up the cow and dealing with the smell, sh*t, bile, stomach, lungs, etc is enough make me vomit repetitively. I'm handy enough gutting and filleting a fish, and I'm sure I'd have no problem with a chicken or turkey, but that's where I'd draw the line.

It wasn't me! · 30-07-2010 03:24AM

rubensni wrote: »

For me, it's not so much the prospect of killing it but the cleaning out that would be the big no-no. If somebody gave me a gun and told me to go out and shoot a cow in the head I could do it no problem any day, however the prospect of slicing up the cow and dealing with the smell, sh*t, bile, stomach, lungs, etc is enough make me vomit repetitively. I'm handy enough gutting and filleting a fish, and I'm sure I'd have no problem with a chicken or turkey, but that's where I'd draw the line.

It's unpleasant work, but it's a necessity. Never met anyone who enjoyed being elbow deep in a deer. Met a lot of people who loved venison steaks though, so somebody's got to do it!

Brainset · 30-07-2010 03:27AM

Right on, write on about whatever you feel best.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 30-07-2010 03:27AM

I have no opinion but like pressing buttons and seeing poll results.

rubensni wrote: »

For me, it's not so much the prospect of killing it but the cleaning out that would be the big no-no. If somebody gave me a gun and told me to go out and shoot a cow in the head I could do it no problem any day, however the prospect of slicing up the cow and dealing with the smell, sh*t, bile, stomach, lungs, etc is enough make me vomit repetitively. I'm handy enough gutting and filleting a fish, and I'm sure I'd have no problem with a chicken or turkey, but that's where I'd draw the line.

Just sing 'The Circle of Life' and you'll be fine

NoHornJan · 30-07-2010 05:22AM

I have no opinion but like pressing buttons and seeing poll results.

Yeh. But I hate plucking pheasants...

sensibleken · 30-07-2010 09:20AM

I wouldn’t kill any animal and do eat meat.

NoHornJan wrote: »

Yeh. But I hate plucking pheasants...

they plucking hate you too pal!

sorry, somone had to do it.

Biggins · 30-07-2010 09:22AM

I would kill any animal that I would eat.

If I had the stomach to kill it, I would have the stomach to eat it. Simples.

30-07-2010 09:27AM

I have no opinion but like pressing buttons and seeing poll results.

I plan to..

Lando Griffin · 30-07-2010 09:27AM

Simple answer yes.
The list of animals I would kill to eat are.
Turkeys
Chickens
Cows
Sheep
Rabbits
Goats
Horsies
Pigs.
Fish.
If I was absolutely starving then I would have to include the following
Dog
Cat
Pidgeon.

SeaFields · 30-07-2010 09:31AM

Pheasant, duck, pigeon, wabbit. Ive killed and eaten. And have no prob doing it either. Roast pheasant is smashing.

I don't eat fish but enjoy fishing more than shooting. My girlfriends house are big fish eaters so I'll gradually fill the deep freeze with fish over the summer and that should last the winter until the fishing picks up again next spring. The fish that I catch are sustainably caught with the small ones put back alive instead of the dead like the trawlers do.

easyeason3 · 30-07-2010 09:33AM

I have no opinion but like pressing buttons and seeing poll results.

I'd love to hunt deer, does anyone know where I can go to do this?

Snowie · 30-07-2010 09:37AM

I have no opinion but like pressing buttons and seeing poll results.

NoHornJan wrote: »

Yeh. But I hate plucking pheasants...

cleerly you havent seen the wing trick

you tube it as its a bit rash to look at....

mickoneill30 · 30-07-2010 09:43AM

Doc wrote: »

I have friends who I have spoken to about this and despite the fact they eat meat they seemed discussed that I could kill something. They said they couldn’t bring themselves to do it. While I understand their reluctance I don’t understand how they can have a moral objection to killing an animal but not to eating its meat?

I probably couldn't kill something now. Not because I'm disgusted but because of my upbringing (as in grew up in the suburbs). I'm sure if there was no other option I'd eventually learn. But while there's local butchers I won't be doing it.

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