the killing of animals

Alternatives like what..salads? I have these nice canines for a reason you know....to eat meat!

I have a Masters in Biology and I can tell you that humans have evolved to eat meat. We have canines for the ripping of meat and we don't have the teeth that herbivore's have in order to process tough vegetation. Also its hard for us to get all the amino acids that we need from eating plants because not all plants have all the amino acids we need. That is why vegetarians have to be especially vigilant about their diet, and if you eat meat all the amino acids are present. Also for all the talk about how much iron their is in spinach and other veggies, we just don't have the enzymes to properly extract that iron so you would have to eat a lot of spinach to get enough iron which is not so much a problem for guys but can pose a problem for women and again if you eat meat, you can get plenty of iron from a good steak. I don't approve of the conditions in slaughter houses or how animals of all types are mistreated in farming practices but neither am I a fan of us denying our biology and trying to be something we have not evolved to be. You will never catch me being a vegetarian but I also do not harass my friends that are. We make every effort to accommodate them when we fix a meal for a bunch of my friends or when we go out.

I think it's quite unnecessary to eat meat in modern societies...I certainly don't touch the stuff. As long as people want to eat meat, though, there'll still be a market for slaughterhouses. However, I think the number of vegetarians is increasing and will only continue to increase as more people stop to think about the issues involved. It's hard to imagine a wholly vegetarian society -- just look at the other responses in this discussion! -- but people do change over time. With every passing generation, I think vegetarianism will seem less and less strange.

I see nothing wrong with the hunting of animals for food. It helps with the population control. For example, if we did not hunt deer, there would be an overpopulation. They would become sick, would run out of food, and would die. I don't, however agree with treating animals horribly in the slaughter houses. I see nothing wrong with eating meat, but I think that we should respect the animals.

as long as it's done in a humane way. We're carnivores by nature, there's nothing wrong with it..