> Some "vegetarians" also consume eggs and/or dairy products
>(ovo/lacto-vegetarians). It is true that from an individual animal
>perspective, animals are not killed to produce these products. However, from a
>population perspective, only about 50% of the population is female (producing
>eggs and milk). What do we do with the male animals if we are not going to eat
>meat? As long as there are hens there will be roosters. As long as there are
>cows, ewes, does, there will be bulls (or steers), rams (or wethers), and buck
>goats (or wether goats).
I have trouble understanding the problem people have with animals being
humanely killed. In nature there is far more pain and suffering during an
animals death. Is the alternative to deny them life to start with ?
Stuart Brown.
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