Why is 'killing animals for food' wrong?!

Why is 'killing animals for food' wrong?

It is 100% natural and healthy to kill other animals for food, it is the way life works on this planet! So why are vegetarians so opposed to nature?

Killing other animals for energy is like breathing and mating, It is what your supposed to do.

4 days ago
And i don't care how 'terrible and cruel' the animals are killed at slaughter houses, Watch the discovery channel sometime, death in nature is just as bad.

Ever see a video of a shark eating a seel? Just as bad, it's supposed to be.

4 days ago
lash3s:

I disagree, respect is not automatic and absolute, not even for a personal belief.

If a guy believed raping children was ok, would you respect his belief?

4 days ago
Megan:

I realize that, but why are we applying human laws and beliefs to animals? Like i said before, killing animals for food is NATURAL, I never said anything about canibalism.

4 days ago
Prodigy:

The only reason animals are killed en mass is because a few humans have to kill for the entire population, there isn't neccesarily some misproportion like you suggest. Chickens and cows are no where near extinct.

Animals killing other animals for food is not wrong and you're right that is completely natural. However I cannot remember the last time I watched the Discovery Channel and saw lions factory farming gazelle in a mass production of slaughter. It is also natural for lions not to be inoculated against disease, should we stop vaccinations as well? Should we go back to survival of the fittest?

Death(when I watch it on the discovery channel) is not cruel. It is necessary as lions, tigers, sharks, etc are made to hunt and kill their food. They have no other choice, and could not survive any other way. Lions, tigers, etc killing brings a balance to nature. Humans do not create balance with their meat consumption, but rather throw it off by polluting the air, destrying forrests for land to raise cattle, etc.

There is nothing natural about many of the thing the people do. Natural would be for people to go out and chase down, kill by biting into the wind pipe of their "prey" and then eat the carcus. How many people would do that?

Eating meat is not natural for humans. We are not built like any other animal that eats flesh. The only argument that most people can come up with is that our teeth are canine(which they are not, and gorillas also have canine teeth yet are vegetarian) and are eyes are in front(but this is from evolution from apes, which are vegetarian and needed eyes in front to climb trees and have proper depth perception) Snakes have eyes on the side of their head yet are carnivorous.

Just because we can eat it does not make it the proper diet. Rabbits(which are herbivorous) can eat meat, however like human beings they begin to develop clogged arteries and heart disease. Taking the meat from the diet of a rabbit reverses the effects, the same as a person.

I understand you are trying to rock the boat, or prove something to vegetarians, but friend we heard it all before. We are more knowledgeable about the subject than any criticizers. As someone who criticizes you don't need to know anything about the subject matter, but as a person who unfortunately is called to defend their beliefs on what seems like a daily basis the knowledge is well understood.

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The only reason animals are killed en mass is because a few humans have to kill for the entire population, there isn't neccesarily some misproportion like you suggest. Chickens and cows are no where near extinct.
-To reply, you stated that people killing animals was natural because animals did the same, however animals kill for themselves. They do not kill for other animals in a mass production line. So it is just another argument as to why human meat consumption is even more unnatural as no other animal kills for their population, even if they are in a pack all member help to bring down the kill. No other animal mass produces(through breeding) and mass kills. There go it is not a natural process(which is what you are arguing). Also, I never said cows and chickens were near extinction.