1,743 animals are killed for food per second(1) which aren't even required for their survival. And their deaths are celebrated(2)
(1) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33656480
(2) https://www.google.com/search?q=i+love+animals+they+are+deli...
For food. Killing an animal for the purpose of feeding people is different than an animal who you take care of, that is meant to help protect you, being killed or dying.
> most people don't relish the idea of killing an animal even if it means their own survival
When people stop and think about factory farming, they hate what they think about. The trick most people employ is to not think about it.
Exactly, this is known as "cognitive dissonance".
I enjoy watching young cows play, and place minimal importance on the last 5 minutes of their lives. Get rid of farming meat doesn’t just kill them it removes them from ever having existed.
It’s true there are some horrific things that can happen in factory farms, but real effort is generally spent to minimize suffering because stressed animals don’t grow as quickly. Meat even tastes worse when the slaughtered animal suffered before their death. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-scared-animals-tas...
Also, what bothers people isn’t the same as what bothers animals. Cows are herd animals the like some personal space but it’s far less important to them than it is to us. That doesn’t mean a life in a tiny box is ok, just that feedlots can be smaller than you might think without bothering them as long as waste is properly dealt with.