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>They didn't began their lives as "farm raised animals for the purpose of slaughter". they did though, cows were domesticated from aurochs and pigs from wild b
by tossaccount123 8y ago
>They didn't began their lives as "farm raised animals for the purpose of slaughter".
they did though, cows were domesticated from aurochs and pigs from wild boars for the express purpose of making them easier to slaughter as livestock rather than having to hunt them. Same for chickens. Is it humane? I don't know but they they wouldn't exist in their present form if not for humans domesticating and breeding them for their current characteristics
- hkyeti 8y agoJust like the modern layer hen, which produces 2 orders of magnitude more eggs than its original wild ancestor (and all the added strain and suffering), or the modern broiler chicken which has been so evolved by humans so that it's feet can't even adequately carry it's grotesquely overweight body. We have evolved those animals for increased profit at the cost of vastly more suffering by sentient beings that experience pain, fear etc