At 02:42 AM 1/21/99 EST, you wrote:
>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.
>
But in "respecting" their choice to eat dead animals, do you infer that you
also respect their choice to inflict intentional suffering and fear?
Just curious.
- Charlotte.
