Dinner Time

heymama

I am exactly the same... I wont eat meat or chicken but I do eat fish, and for the same reason-If I wouldn't kill it I won't eat it. My parents think I am crazy to not eat meat- especially as I just had a baby, but my blood and iron counts came back as excellent. we save heaps on groceries... it can be tricky to come up with new meal ideas sometimes though. My main reason for being a vegetarian is an opposition to animal welfare and factory farming. Also the use of antibiotics in farmed animals and quality of feed- some "farmers" feed chickens soy grain mixed with manure- that alone repulsed me enough to turn me off meat. Also if you investigate the methods used to slaughter the animals-cattle and pigs especially- it's just plain cruel. I used to love eating steak, bacon and pepperoni- but I just think of the poor critters cooped up for their entire life, and killed in such inhumane ways, then I look at my two little dogs and think theres no way I'd let anyone hang them up by their hind legs and slit their throats, watching them thrash about to save their poor life- it's cruel, inhumane and better regulations need to be enforced on all aspects of animal farming.