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Quote by: Captain Chaos  I would say that would be very difficult - unless one is practicing a love of torture. But, you can kill a creature instantaneously, so that it does not die flailing and screaming.
I had a friend who once worked in a slaughter house. He said it was horrible - that the impact rods they used to strike pigs in the brain did not always kill them instantly, so the pigs would writhe around in pain for a while.
But, if the animal is raised in a happy and healthy environment, then killed instantaneously, not in front of other animals, then it seems little suffering would take place.
I realize this is hypothetical. |
Even if you could kill without inflicting suffering on the animal, then you would have to address another suffering issue, as established by the scientific research community, & that is, that consumption of animal products is directly attributable to many chronic lifestyle related diseases, e.g. coronary heart disease, many forms of cancer, osteoporosis, impotence (a huge issue for men.....or not
.........etc). So we have premature mortality, the children coming into the world today will probably have children that won't know their grandparents....more suffering.......