Thanks for your comment and the follow. I just watched your 'Homestead rabbit processing graphic' post and also checked out a few of your other posts and I was impressed by the attitude that I witnessed about respect for the animals that you get food from as human predators! I feel I need to explain myself here - I have been a life long vegetarian but recently started eating fish, the reason I decided to eat fish was because of my connection with marine life, my respect and knowledge of marine ecosystems from diving! I caught fish spearfishing, I gutted what I'd caught and barbecued my dinner on the beach. As a long time vegetarian this was challenge for me emotionally but actually I have known for a long time that the only reason why I don't eat meat is because of the separation between the killing, processing - to the plate - of the average person. Tribal people understood that to kill was a give and take, to eat and enjoy that animals gift of nourishment required the respect to nurture the environment that provided for them and for the animal that nourished you! I think, in this modern age we as humans take a lot of what we eat for granted. If I ever eat a rabbit, or beef or lamb or any other animal I will be happy as long as I have been involved in the process of rearing, hunting or fishing that animal, taking part in the natural process of predator prey relationship. I try my best not to buy pre-processed supermarket farmed fish that has no place in any natural ecosystem. This may well be a naive view but it's just how I feel about these things. I'm glad you enjoyed the post, it was my first ever encounter with a green turtle and it astounded me at the time how huge but graceful a creature she was :) I followed you and look forward to your posts in the future
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Hi there @raj808 ! You are so very right about respect. There is a major disconnect between people and food. It was made very clear to us a few years ago. You said you were a life long vegetarian and are just now eatting fish. We are also meat free. For about 6 1/2 years now we have been meat free. I (chad) have been vegan just this year. We aren't so much about the connection, but about how I feel. I really believe that we should eat responsibly. We raised rabbits for meat for others. It was a source of income for us, and a source of great meat for others locally. Thank you for your great feed back.