Comments on: Killing Animals – How do you really feel about it?

By: peter

peter — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:45:28 +0000

I love that “blood, cat, death” are tags for this post.

Every carnivore should be fully acquainted with the source of his or her food. You don’t have to kill it yourself, but you should know that it died for your dinner.

By: Psychgrad

Psychgrad — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:19:11 +0000

I responded to your comment on my blog. You can see the about the foie gras here.

By: Psychgrad

Psychgrad — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:02:40 +0000

I’ve only been involved in killing chickens – although recently went to a foie gras farm to learn about the process. I’d like to think that I can handle seeing an animal slaughtered, but in all likelihood, I would have a hard time watching. Seeing the ducks at the foie gras farm didn’t affect me very much because I could see that they were treated well on the farm and killed humainly.

By: valdocious

valdocious — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:44:03 +0000

excuse me, isn’t that cat’s name Dover???? It looks just like my old cat Dover who ran away. Anyway, nice post – i am eagerly awaiting a recipe for slow-cooked squirrel.

By: Rita

Rita — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:42:42 +0000

my grandpa used to do the chicken killing at home…but all i could kill is cockroaches

By: Mrs Ergül

Mrs Ergül — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:03:31 +0000

Recently, my husband & I were at the library and caught a video showing how these animals are killed in a brutal manner. My husband has always feel that animals are his family and friends. Upon seeing that, he insists on wanting to be a vegetarian. He cuts down on poultry and haven’t had it for a week now. And this will cause some problems in my cooking as I have to take on a completely different course. Ironically, my hubby can’t resist the Double Cheese Burger from McDonalds….

By: admin

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:02:36 +0000

thanks all for your comments. i’m glad so many of you read the post and enjoyed it, and made offered such interesting thoughts and shared your tales of experiencing slaughter or just murderous pets.

we drove past a halal butchers in sunset park, brooklyn, the other day that purportedly had live goats, sheep, rabbits, calves, chickens and more, so we’re steeling ourselves for a visit there later in the year, and wondering whether there is a “gateway” animal’s death to witness before we move on to the larger creatures. I mean, i’ve killed fish, a pheasant (it threw itself under my car) and now a squirrel, what’s next?

By: Lori Lynn

Lori Lynn — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:10:06 +0000

Good read!
My Boston Terrier, Wilson, is a true terrier. I was walking out the door when I noticed a stuffed animal on the couch. You know that split second of realization, wait, we don’t have any stuffed animals. It was a huge possum! He killed it, brought it in through the doggie door, and left it on the living room couch. Thanks a lot Wils!

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:54:35 +0000

This was a well written post. I’ve always wondered how I’d respond if I were involved in the raising and slaughter of the meat I eat since I’m such a sucker for cute, fuzzy animals (e.g. I just picture a lamb)…but I also love meat. One of these days, I suppose I’ll figure it out.

By: noobcook

noobcook — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:36:20 +0000

I’m so sorry about what happened to the squirrel, it was so adorable. Yeah I guess it’s easier to be detached from this eating animal moral issue when we’re not the one doing the killing