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Originally Posted by guccilvr
I'm failing to see how quality of life is a factor when both groups (free-range, jam packed) are purely bred, controlled, whatever for the purpose of... dying to feed people. If the animal is bred to die.. it's going to die. Why should I pay $3 dollars more for an egg that came from a chicken that had 2 extra feet to roam?? Food is food.
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Well, I can't answer that for you, for the sheer fact that you are probably along the lines of thinking that animals because they are deemed food have no ability to feel pain, panic or the like. Is that a correct assumption?
I happen to believe that they do feel pain. Being housed together so closely that they cannot move, has proven to cause cramping and other painful disorders in their bodies. Yes, it may be food, but does it deserve to be in pain just because we deem it so, when there is another, more humane way?
I happen to be along the lines that all living things deserve respect. Food or not. Using your examples of chickens: I believe packing them in so closely together, to the point where they cannot even lay down or turn around is just not humane.
I don't think I'm so superior as a human, that I cannot have some small amount of respect and compassion for the living circumstances of the animals I will eat.
as I said, if that isn't something that stirs you to pay an extra bit of money, that is your choice. I was merely offering my opinion to this thread.
aberkok, thanks for that linky, good stuff.
sweetpea