Thread: Eating animals?
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Old 05-17-2007   #51 (permalink)
Wybiral
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Default Re: Eating animals?

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Originally Posted by handy View Post
we eat free range eggs & goats milk, supplied by friends.
That, I'm actually 100% OK with. I wouldn't do it myself (mainly because I lost the taste for animal products years ago)... But, morally, I see nothing wrong with eating eggs IF (and only IF) the chickens are raised humanly, and the eggs are gathered humanly.

If you know the people, thats even better because companies with the label "free range" aren't always honest (there isn't exactly a formal definition).

As far as milk goes, I think it's harder to raise animals as large as goats or cows humanly, but if you have enough land (especially if they are rescued) then I don't see anything wrong with drinking their milk either. I believe lactating animals actually benefit from a small amount of milking.

Personally, I started drinking soymilk and ricemilk (and eating "rice dream" icecream) BEFORE I actually decided to be vegan (because it has a lighter, less fatty taste) so milk was never really an issue for me. Various tofu dishes (like scrambled tofu) are close enough to egg for me.
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