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> semi brainless cows ... it's the ethical thing to do A second way to make it ethical in terms of animal suffering is to effectively start eating road kill.
by fighterpilot 5y ago
> semi brainless cows ... it's the ethical thing to do
A second way to make it ethical in terms of animal suffering is to effectively start eating road kill. That is, you raise a farm of cows, treat them well, and eat them when they die naturally.
A third way is to raise a farm of cows, anaesthetise them via their food when they're old enough, and kill them in their sleep. It's more debatable than the above but I believe it's ethical as long as it's done right (which it won't be, in practice).
This all of course ignores GHG emissions and loss of biodiversity due to the need to produce large amounts of feed and large uses of land. But speaking strictly from the cow's perspective, I think it is ethical.
- hoseja 5y agoThe meat would probably be disgusting.
- netjiro 5y ago> when they die naturally. For many (most?) animals, predation or starvation is the "natural" way to die before actual old age would be an issue. Many suffer horribly towards actual old age death. I think this is a children's tale disney style myth we've grown up with. I would argue that slaughter is more "humane" if done right. But significantly better to not breed animals for food to begin with, if there is an alternative. Even if the alternative costs significantly more.
- petewailes 5y agoDying naturally (for basically anything we commonly consume as meat) if humans had never evolved, would be being eaten by a predator. We're just much much better at predation than anything else.