Re: The silence here is deafening

From: Mary Fisher (mary.fisher_at_zetnet.co.uk)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:29:32 +0100

"Bird!" <zbird@nospamuk2.net> wrote in message
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>

> > >
> > Why not kill and eat them though?
> >
> > Mary
>
> Ahhh... yes... well... I just can't. It has been mentioned by neighbours,
> with a twinkle in their eye, knowing how soft I am on the chooks. Crikey I
> have waftings of guilt eating chicken from the supermarket, or any other
> meat for that matter.

I wouldn't eat chickens from the supermarket, I'm not prepared to support
what I see as cruel rearing. If you're soft on chooks I can't understand how
you can support it either.

As for other meat, I always want to know the animal and its name before I
eat it. I'd rather be involved in the killing and butchering too, to be sure
that it was efficient and that the animal died as it had lived, happily.

Mary

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