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I think people would eat meat less regularly if they see the animals butchered. I don't think this holds. It's pretty obvious that a Thanksgiving turkey or a

I think people would eat meat less regularly if they see the animals butchered. I don't think this holds. It's pretty obvious that a Thanksgiving turkey or a rotisserie chicken used to be a whole animal, but we still eat those. Also, you really wouldn't want to eat lab animals, especially ones that have been subjected to pharmaceutical testing.

viraptor 6y ago
There's a difference between obvious they were butchered and seeing them butchered. E.g. while I'm ok eating a chicken, I'm not sure I'd want one murdered and gutted as I watch, then immediately fried. It's likely different for people who grew up on a farm and know it as normal life.
- nitrogen 6y ago
  It's likely different for people who grew up on a farm and know it as normal life. I've mostly just seen pictures of cows being butchered, but I did watch a rooster die when it had to be shot. It's not ideal. I still eat meat and will continue to do so until lab-grown alternatives are nutritionally and culinarily indistinguishable, and IMO what humans do for food is far more humane than what most of nature does.