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After raising my own egg chickens and butchering some of them, my perspective really changed. Chickens are surprisingly smart. After we left our hobby farm I d
by ArtDev 10y ago
After raising my own egg chickens and butchering some of them, my perspective really changed. Chickens are surprisingly smart.
After we left our hobby farm I decided to not eat anything smarter than a fish.
(I don't eat octopus)
I like being Pescatarian.
I do try to avoid wild fish for ethical/environmental reasons. Food animals should always come from a farm, obviously.
- hawkesnest 10y agoThat's great that you found out chickens can be smart. You may be surprised at how clever fish are as well!
- ArtDev 10y agoI used to farm fish too, and they are simple enough that I am okay with eating them. The level of intelligence I will eat, between chicken and fish, is totally arbitrary. I think this is true for anyone who is not actually vegetarian. The next level down is insects and oysters, I suppose.
- kcanini 10y ago> Food animals should always come from a farm, obviously. I am a vegetarian, and I disagree with this. I feel that it is more ethical to kill and eat an animal that has at least been given a chance to live a free and natural life, vs. confining it to a prison from birth. Of course, it would be impossible to maintain humanity's current level of meat consumption without animal farms. I would prefer that people dramatically reduce their meat consumption, and eat only hunted/caught animals.
- pvaldes 10y agoThis is an example of how people can trick themselves into adopting random dogmas. Don't eat octopus because they are smart Eat fishes, even those able to detect, hunt, defeat and eat octopus (therefore smarter than them)