Would you be able to kill an animal for food?

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   frleposted 13 years ago

   Would you be able to kill an animal for food?
   
   If there were a WW3 and food stores would be empty, would you be able to kill an animal or would you become a vegy?
   
   

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   bizzymomposted 13 years ago

   While I don't mind eating chicken, beef, lamb, etc., I would not be able to actually kill an animal.  Good question!

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   Daffy Duckposted 13 years ago

   Yes.

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   howtocposted 13 years ago

   
   
   I will not kill the animle my self just because i dont know how to do it. but dont mind watching these animals beeing killed. but once I am hungry I would kill anything I guess this maybe the reason why there is WW3 could be for food...So at the end my answer Yes I will! by the way nice picture made me hungry

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   lavender3957posted 13 years ago

   Depends upon my situation. If I were actually starving and that is the only way to eat. I could overcome my fear of killing an animal if it were next to starvation. I can remember when my father in law would bring in fresh roadkill he had found. Other wise, no I could not do it.

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   misspeachesxposted 13 years ago

   Of course. I have no issue with putting animals down as food. Ironically enough, we just put down 28 chickens today for our own meat supply.

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   wychicposted 13 years ago

   At first this struck me as a silly question, but then the answers made me remember that I live in a very isolated bit of the world, and the lifestyle I was raised with has largely died out. Simple answer -- yes, I could kill an animal for food, as I've been doing it most of my life. My sister and I were brought along on hunts from four years old on, in order to instill in us the importance of gun safety -- we got to see very clearly what they do. By...I think I was seven, I started helping with slaughtering our own animals when it was time to put them in the freezer. At nine I hunted small game (rabbits and squirrels), and by twelve I was hunting deer and antelope (pronghorn). If there is ever a food shortage, or even an event which requires we leave civilization altogether and head for the mountains, we're well-prepared in this and many other skills.

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   arksysposted 13 years ago

   i've put down chickens / sheep and goats before ... and can do it again ... never enjoyed it but has to be done.

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   consentinoposted 13 years ago

   No, I would not be able to kill an animal for food under normal circumstances. If I were starving or my family was starving, I would do what I would have to do.  In some countries where they eat their cats and dogs, I think that is cruel.
   
   
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    Glosheiposted 13 years ago

    Only if I had too. And then I would have to know tge best way to do it, so the animal didn't suffer.
    If it was my own chicken then 'NO' cause they would all have names.

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    JerryJupiterposted 13 years ago

    Well, as a vegetarian my answer might suprise people... Yep! I'm a life-long vegetarian, but if I absolutely had to kill an animal in order for myself to survive, I would be able to do so without much of a problem. Even more so if it wasn't just for my own survival, be it spouse or offspring as well.

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    LuisEGonzalezposted 13 years ago

    Under the circumstances proposed by you then I would, not to fond of it but will do whatever was necessary...

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    JenJen0703posted 13 years ago

    Yes, I would be able to kill an animal for food.  As a matter of fact, I already have. I shop and killed a deer 12 years ago.  My ex-husband was a fanatical hunter, and I spent a large amount of time with him, processing and wrapping meat.  I remember one year, we had 9 deer hanging in the barn...took 3 full days to clean that mess up!!

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    Cortezmeowposted 13 years ago

    Absolutely. If I was stranded in the woods, I would want to survive. I don't believe in hunting for the sport. When my family and I fish, we catch and release. I am not a vegetarian and I do believe that cruelty to animals is wrong. I would save every stray animal I could, if I had the means. But I would kill an animal for food. We have been doing it for centuries and still do it today.

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    mcals71posted 13 years ago

    The word "kill" is not in my vocabulary. I won't even kill bugs if they are not inside my house. But I guess you do what you have to do in order to survive. If I could just catch a fish, drink milk, eat an egg or even grass, I would do that first. I love four legged animals that look at you with intelligent eyes and even trust, but if I had to choose between human life and animal life, I would choose in favor of human life, even though I wouldn't like it one bit. I do hope it never comes to that!

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