I know a guy who bummed around China for a year, he told me about seeing cats skinned alive. Not good.
The live boiling of lobsters is regarded as cruel by anyone with half a brain.
However, having worked in a posh restaurant I know that current guidelines are to place the lobster in deep freeze for around 20 minutes. This causes the brain to die/hibernate, which supposedly means they feel nothing when they are immersed in boiling water. Apparently
Now, you know that crabs have eyes on stalks? The preferred "humane" method is to cut their eyes off. Apparently the nervous shock kills them instantly.
A Korean friend tells me of a sushi-like food artform they have in his part of the world. The chef will pluck a fish out of a stream (diverted through the kitchen), place it on the slab and fillet it so quickly and skilfully that the fish head is still alive whilst you are tucking into your raw fish. Yum.
Guess what... I'm a some meat eater. I don't eat anything that I would keep as a pet (so no cats or dogs), I don't eat anything that can't possibly be made without cruelty (veal). A simple rule of thumb is: don't eat anything that could have you in a fight. Unless they are delicious.
Many nations think we are far too squeamish about killing and eating animals. As one who has eaten "coq au vin" in France, to be told halfway through that the "coq" was the feathered chap I was on first-name terms with, I can't recommend eating anything you would regard as a pet.
The live boiling of lobsters is regarded as cruel by anyone with half a brain.
However, having worked in a posh restaurant I know that current guidelines are to place the lobster in deep freeze for around 20 minutes. This causes the brain to die/hibernate, which supposedly means they feel nothing when they are immersed in boiling water. Apparently
Now, you know that crabs have eyes on stalks? The preferred "humane" method is to cut their eyes off. Apparently the nervous shock kills them instantly.
A Korean friend tells me of a sushi-like food artform they have in his part of the world. The chef will pluck a fish out of a stream (diverted through the kitchen), place it on the slab and fillet it so quickly and skilfully that the fish head is still alive whilst you are tucking into your raw fish. Yum.
you cant just say you are a 'some meat' eater
Guess what... I'm a some meat eater. I don't eat anything that I would keep as a pet (so no cats or dogs), I don't eat anything that can't possibly be made without cruelty (veal). A simple rule of thumb is: don't eat anything that could have you in a fight. Unless they are delicious.
Many nations think we are far too squeamish about killing and eating animals. As one who has eaten "coq au vin" in France, to be told halfway through that the "coq" was the feathered chap I was on first-name terms with, I can't recommend eating anything you would regard as a pet.