I'm all for humane treatment of feed animals for increased quality of product and sustainable practices so we don't ruin it for future generations... but I think one goes too far to anthropomorphize everything in life. I mean, we don't condone the practice of high density feed lots for animals but we approve of high density agricultural practices that basically tries to squeeze as many plants in as small an area as possible. Are plants (and presumably insects and fish we breed for eating) not worthy of our utmost attention because they're not smart enough? Complex enough forms of life? Fact of the matter is, Humans need to ingest organic components to survive and unless you're going to be making inert pieces of organic matter in a lab to consume we're all being somewhat hypocritical. |