Re: the veggie debate

[Mspiggigrl]

I have been following this debate with much interest for a personal reason.  I
am the companion of three rescued potbellied pigs.  They are most certainly
thinking, feeling beings who feel pain and fear for their survival.  When pigs
are slaughtered, they are said to cry.  I once heard the story of a pig that
was raised by a family to be eaten.  On the day of his slaughter, the pig hid
in a corner and refused to eat.  Pigs do not have a hypothalamus to regulate
their hunger and are always ready to eat.  One could infer that the pig knew
it was going to die. I respect everyone's choice in eating dead animals, buy I
cannot understand it.