I don't want to turn this into an argument about consuming chicken but I feel I must share my point of view regarding this matter. I am fortunate enough to have

I don't want to turn this into an argument about consuming chicken but I feel I must share my point of view regarding this matter. I am fortunate enough to have enough space to raise a personal flock of chickens and on occasion I am required to end their lives. This is absolutely not something that I take pleasure in but feel that I have provided a good life without pain and anxiety to my animals and although they do suffer a brief moment of anxiety and possibly pain, I have taken the responsibility of raising my own meat including the dispatching of their short lives in a humane way. I am personally against factory farms for their affect on the environment and in my opinion production of a lower quality meat but feel that my animals have one bad moment on my farm and a far better than average life otherwise, unlike what occurs in large factory chicken houses and processing plants. I respect life in all it's forms and believe there is a place where the consumption of animals and their welfare can coexist. Consider the humanity of euthanizing a pet, to argue killing is diametrically opposed to an animals welfare is a false statement.