did anybody watch this week's trading spouses??

[CathyBogart]

I raised a lamb to be slaughtered....I dunno, I was happy because he would have been slaughtered around the time he was pretty much no matter what, but I gave him a wonderful life while I had him.

I would much rather eat meat from an animal I knew had a great life than one where I had no idea what its life had been like.

[Corinna]

It's called farming. I raised cattle for my 4-H project it was also my school clothes money . No sale no new clothes fact of life.

[Allecto]

Why should it bother the girl any more or less than the boy?
I have also raised livestock that ended up on my family's dinner table, or was given away to needy families. Pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, etc...
Maybe there was some level of sadness the first time or two, but like they've said, I felt better about eating that meat than I did anything that was run through a slaughterhouse.

[Flatcoatluver]

I can't really put it into words what i mean. Maybe because I am a vegetarion and I have had cows before that got butcherd when I was a little girl, so yeah I guess we have all had differnt opinoins. I get what your saying about atleast there in a good place. nvm just never mind this thread

[Suki Wingy]

I'm getting a 4H calf this summer... I raised $700 for lease of it. She's a holstien though so she'll be a dairy cow.

[Allecto]

Most dairy cows don't have great lives either. And really, that is all we're trying to say, Flatcoatluver. Some of us who choose to keep meat as a part of our diets simply feel better that the animals we consume suffered as little as possible. Every animal that I raise for my table is one less animal doomed to the stockyard, slaughterhouse, meat factory, etc. You may still see it as sick and wrong b/c we don't choose to be vegetarians like you, but at least we're a more responsible breed of carnivore.

[LKPike]

i'm not a vegetarian, and still understand/agree with your opinion. Don't see how you can raise something knowing every day your planning on killing it, even if it is for life. I bet Jillian doesn't taste any different than chicken and I've seen tribes in africa that sacrifrice/regularly kill and consume dogs but imagine how furious you'd all be if I popped online and said "well we decided on something different for Thanksgiving...". I'd imagine somebody whos had cows as pets would feel the same way when it comes to somebody saying they raised then purposly killed a cow.

I'll leave it up to a professional butcher whos business is to raise cowS(plural), not just ONE which could easily bond with you even if you don't with it which is how it sounds to me from reading everyones posts.
but thats my 2 cents.