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Grew up on a farm where I helped raise farm critters and formed an intense attachments to calves & baby piglets.
When those critters matured and were sent to the slaughter house/ abattoir and came back as huge chunks of raw meat being packaged up on our kitchen table, that's when my sister, brother, & I stopped consuming meat.
As a result, we became pale, sickly looking, anemic kids to the point that the family doc prescribed some foul tasting tonic. We could've been fed fish, seafood, & eggs as our protein source but my controlling, asshole father wouldn't allow fish, much less seafood in the house!! Yes, he was THAT BAD; he was a very controlling, unhappy person!!
Gotta hand it to them: my brother & sis are still strict vegetarian. BUT my hubby refuses to go that route. Being a "city kid," he had never been exposed to the loving personalities & tender side of farm critters. I've tried to shame him: "could we kill & eat our pup tonight?"
The reprimands & shaming didn't work; he still wants his red meat; seafood just isn't enough.
I can maintain a monotonous diet; hubby can't. And doesn't want to pursue it either!! Sigh. (Otherwise, he is a very wonderful person & one of the most loving fur-dads in the world - for dogs & kitties.) Btw, our pets need meat too.
Thought: could our cave-dwelling ancestors have survived without eating animals? I know: "when we know better, we do better.". At least some of us.
Btw, the Chinese and Asian cultures are worse than ours when it comes to empathy for animals.
How do people acquire empathy?? That's all it takes to care: empathy.
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