> > Many people do it to protest the inhumane treatment the animals get before they're
> > slaughtered.
>
> /me dons flameproof armour.
>
> But how is it going to help if I don't eat the animal? It's already dead, and it's already been mistreated, and somebody else will probably eat it anyway. And even if nobody does eat it, all that means is that it's suffered and died for nothing.
>
> Paul

Supply and demand, I suppose. If you eat it, they're going to kill another to replace it.

Consider this, though. Kosher butchers cut through the sciatic(sp?) nerve, minimizing the pain. Then they make sure to drain the blood. But you can be sure that they won't go for slaughtering a pig for meat.

Nyper"Yes, Ayako, that probably would be healthier. I still have burgers, though..."old