Free range chickens still die, which is often the ethical reason for vegetarians/vegans.
Agree.
> Free range chickens still die, which is often the ethical reason for vegetarians/vegans.
Disagree. For me at least the death itself is comparatively insignificant. What's far more significant is horrible conditions in which many mass produced meat animals spend their lives, i.e. Factory farming.
Often the only difference is that a free range barn will have a small outside area, which the chickens may not access because all the food is inside [1].
I think most vegetarians/vegans would agree that Halal meat is ethically worse than the 'bolt to the brain' alternative. Of course this is a sweeping generalisation.
[1] http://kb.rspca.org.au/What-is-the-difference-between-free-r...