Glad there were no pictures. While I'm mostly off meat I do eat fish because I life in a fishing village and fresh fish is easy to get, it's delicious and it's nutritious and wild caught. I don't eat farmed fish - we have those farms here too and they an environmental nightmare. I don't eat other meats because of the factory farming and not having easy access to humanely raised and slaughtered meats, we opt for fish for the most part.
Having said all that, I do respect those who can raise and then eat their animals. I know I could not do it. My father was a hunter and the game he killed was a valuable food source along with the fish he brought home (he was a commercial fisherman).
I'm not naive enough to think that fish are always killed humanely - they aren't. I understand that things need to die so I can eat and that humans are predators. That doesn't mean I want to watch the death of animals.
Color me sheltered and wimpy :) I'll leave the killing to those who have what it takes to do it and I'll do the cleaning. That part I don't mind (too much).
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I am so glad you can appreciate this. It is not easy to do but factory farming is horrible and I want my humanely raised meat. thanks for understanding.
I didn't get this old and not learn that life isn't always pretty. I really do have respect for those who humanely raise and slaughter their animals. I was raised by a father who tried to be humane and respectful with the animals he killed both as a commercial fisherman and as a hunter. I was just a "sensitive child" as he would say and I knew what was happening but didn't want to be a part of it. I still don't; but I know it's a necessary part of life. And as I've gotten older, I've also realized that death is simply a part of life and that religions have played a huge part in making us fear and try to avoid death at all costs. But that's a story for another day :)