I detest deliberate cruelty to animals, especially when an individual decides it's a form of entertainment. What happened to the kid was harsh and it's a shame. Hopefully, others will take heed of his fate. Still, I have no problem biting into a nice big juicy In N Out burger.
I think it's ok to eat animals, as long as you use the entire animal. I have no problem wearing leather, but fur is another matter, as the entire animal is not being used.
I never quite understood the logic behind opinions like this. It's makes me think of a Sitcom I watch about 15 years ago. One of the female characters was going to model a fur coat in a fashion show. This character's sister expressed disgust at the notion that she was going to wear FUR. So, when the character explained that the sister that she, herself, had no problem wearing leather and eating beef, the sister explained it was because they used other parts of the animal and didn't just kill it for the skin. To this the female character replied to her sister "So, if I sat down to a big ole mink steak, you wouldn't have any problem with the coat"?
To me, the animal dies regardless. Do I want to see it suffer unnecessarily? No, of course not. But, once it's dead, it's dead. The animal doesn't suffer any more, or less, because we don't use the total of their parts.
So, is it the vanity that bothers people? (in the case of fur) The wastefulness? If we all start eating mink, fur will be okay to wear? (Just thinking out loud). Because dogs like to chew on pig's ears and cow hooves it's ok to kill them? What if we just threw those parts away? At what point does it become okay to kill animals?
I know to some people it's not okay to eat, or kill, animals regardless of the reasons. That is much easier to me to understand. A clear line has been drawn. For others, it's much murkier.
Andee
Plucked the feathers off headless chickens class