I'm sure that we all have an opinion on this, so whats yours?

Would you be prepared to get less for your money and know that animal welfare was paramount or don't you care how farm animals are kept so long as shop prices are cheap.

Is it better to make sure that each animal has a happy life before getting the chop or is it more important to mass produce and feed the world from limited resources.

This thread is not intended for the veggie section of the forum to harp on about all meat being murder ;) but for the carnivores amongst us.

Wouldn't it be better all around if we kept our own animals and killed them as we saw fit, whether it be for food purposes or just through plain frustration, taking the 'kicking the cat' scenario a step or two further?

I'd be quite happy to get less for my money to ensure the animal's welfare.

I already buy organic where I can. I know organic doesn't ensure that the animals are happy ones but it often does.

It's the crap that's injected into animals routinely that we all ought to be concerned about. Hormones and antibiotics that are pumped into the meat we eat has a devastating effect on our health yet most people just keep shovelling it in!

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
Wouldn't it be better all around if we kept our own animals and killed them as we saw fit, whether it be for food purposes or just through plain frustration, taking the 'kicking the cat' scenario a step or two further?

Are you just trolling here?

Because I'm not sure what on earth you mean, are you advocating that people kick their pets to death, just cos they feel like it?? :loopy:

I have had hand reared pork only once in my life (well - for about a month :D ). It was worth more than twice as much as the tasteless cardboard substitute available in the supermarkets, pound for pound.

The amount of fat and gristle you cut off the factory farmed makes it more expensive too (effectively)

Originally posted by rubydazzler
Are you just trolling here?

Because I'm not sure what on earth you mean, are you advocating that people kick their pets to death, just cos they feel like it?? :loopy:

Pointless post: I love animals. I posted it at a vulnerable moment. Sorry Ruby. I'll explain myself away on Easter Sunday in the Dev Cat if you are having a meet that night.

By the way: my elbow is still bad.

Did that vunerable moment come after having to walk across
that dog cr--.
have you sorted that out yet sam.

I try not to buy that massed produced rubbish.
Dont eat much meat but if i do then its organic. And always free range eggs - never from battery hens.

Originally posted by Mo
Is it better to make sure that each animal has a happy life before getting the chop or is it more important to mass produce and feed the world from limited resources.


If importance in feeding the world from limited resources was paramount then we would all turn vegetarian as it takes somewhere in the region of 25 times the land area to produce one kilogram of meat based protein as it does non-meat based protein.

I would gladly pay a little extra to ensure that animals didn't suffer. We don't eat much meat in our house anyway.

And I always pay a little more and buy dolphin free tuna.

:) Sierra

I'm not sure that either cost or animal welfare comes into many peoples thoughts when they are buying meat - it's convenience.

Well, I say convenience, more like the perceived convenience of picking up pre-packed 'meat' whilst in a supermarket.

Once you start buying your meat from the butchers, especially one that buys well reared individual carcasses you quickly realise that you get more for your money.

Meat that doesn't shrink whilst cooking, no salty white sludge on your bacon, meat that cooks as you expect it to without having to watch it every 20 seconds to avoid it bursting into flames, and best of all, meat that actually tastes of meat!

Oh yes, and you sometimes get to see a picture of the animal alive and well on the farm, obviously before it got the chop. I quite like to know where my food comes from but perhaps that bit isn't for everyone. ;)