Comments on: Guilt-Free Meat-Eating Strategy: Hunt Invasive Species

By: Desiree

Desiree — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:20:31 +0000

So, by this logic it’s alright for me to start eating people? Our ability to live in any environment is more devastatingly invasive than any other animal. And, according to the article, killing “wild” people is not cruel or inhumane, so, win-win.

Advocating the hunting of specific animals has devastating effects when a group of hunters concentrates it’s efforts on a specific species – the grey wolf population is recovering but the carrier pigeon will not.

“Vegetarians” who would eat any animal for any reason simply are not vegetarians, and shouldn’t be labelled as such.

By: tam

tam — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:28:46 +0000

im no vegetarian, but i could care less about meat its gross really. your eating a dead decaying body something like yourself was living and breathing.
all this talk about evolveing, and the last scull i saw that was claimed to be millions of years old and from a human had a set of teeth that couldnt possibly chew meat, [or in my opinion been human]

By: Johnson

Johnson — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:59:07 +0000

Interesting article. I’m a vegetarian myself, but I’ve always felt like hunting and raising one’s own eggs or beef or whatever were much more defensible than the typical store-bought consumption. Controlling invasive species only adds to the ecological value that hunting brings to the ethical and environmental questions surrounding meat consumption.

This quote, however, seems to reflect a common misunderstanding about vegetarian diets:

“Or they’re vegetarians and their bodies actually crave meat.”

Vegetarians aren’t generally lacking protein or any other nutrients — our bodies don’t crave meat. The American Dietetic Association’s position is that vegan/vegetarian diets are perfectly healthy, and generally superior to diets that contain meat to any significant degree.