Originally posted by cturtle
All the animals in the rain forest are going to be extinct, because if people arent chopping down trees so animals have no place to live, there killing the animals for stupid fur coats. The only reason people are buying the stupid coats is because it makes them look rich and fancy. Nobody ever took into account that the animals are slaughtered and tortured so some rich people could look fancy. This really really pisses me off. I mean it's bad enough that people eat the animals but there wearing the fur of a dead animal! ~alli~ p.s. britt im becoming a full vegitarian I really feel bad for the animals I mean humans are animals and so if humans eat meat then it's an act of cannibalism!
I agree that it is wrong to destroy the rainforests and to kill animals for their coats. That is ABSOLUTELY wrong, and needs to be stopped..............However, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong about eating meat. How can you call eating meat cannibalism??? We are not eating our own species. Ok, we may be animals, but we are NOT the same. Lions don't eat lions but they eat other animals, so let's call them cannibals as well. Why do you feed your cats meat? Cat food is made out of other animals. Why isn't it cannibalism for them to eat animals? And let me tell you one thing, not a single specie that is eaten by human being is near extinction, or even close to being endangered. We humans eat cows, lambs, goats, chicken, fish, and some other animals. None of these animals is near extinction. In fact, the whole world is full of them. The animals that are endangered are because of other reasons, and those reasons need to be stopped. If you choose to be vegetarian, that's your choice, but you can't go around trying to make other people vegetarian because it won't work. No matter what you do, people aren't going to stop eating meat. Just like other animals eat meat, so do we. Animal protein is an important part of a human's diet, and though too much is not good, it is important to eat meat in limited quantities. I once considered to become a vegetarian but my doctor told me not to because he said in my growing age, up to the age of 18-20, animal protein is important in limited quantities. I don't mean to be rude or anything, but if animals can eat animals, so can we. It might be part of their nature but its part of our nature too. Human beings have been eating meat since the first man, just as cats and dogs have. There is nothing anyone can do to stop this, and there is no reason to stop it either. I am not a meat lover. I eat meat like 1-2 times a week and I like veggies better, but I do not find anything wrong with eating meat. Our pets eat it too.