A life was taken for this. And taken cruelly. How does that make you feel?

It makes me feel sad. Not sure how it is in other countries... but in America, factory farming and the big slaughterhouses are always in violation for cruelty to animals (for efficiency) and problems with their workers, who are often injured or treated poorly. I almost never buy meat at the store (I prefer plant based meats and seafood but sometimes we'll eat meat). But if I do, I purposefully look for cruelty free labels and sustainable farming labels...because it's important to me. I don't like the idea of lining the pockets of people who treat their workers and the animals poorly and cruelly. They can go fuck themselves.

I do have nothing against people who eat meat, who raise animals themselves to eat, or hunt, or from smaller farms who are good caretakers. There are people out there who are good farmers and use small business butchers, etc. I try to buy from them.

Butchering is always horrible no matter what, because it is death. I can barely handle fishing. I always apologize to fish.

To this day, I dislike the idea of butchering animals but I also grew up with family members who had farms or raised small animals for eating and it was just normal. But No one was cruel there either, I think. But death is part of the process if you eat meat. It's not going to be for everyone. But I do think it's ok to farm animals if one is a good farmer.
Many animals eat animals. Humans are animals too. Some of us will eat meat and some of us will choose not to.

I think there is nothing wrong with being vegetarian or vegan or omnivore. But I do think it's good practice to treat animals well and reduce suffering.