Anyone eat lamb?

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I don't eat lamb but I know many do.

A friend sent me this picture the other day. These lambs are marked for slaughter and have been separated from their mothers. They are clearly scared and you can see one of them is desperately trying to get back to its mother.

I grew up around this stuff and have no idea how many animals I've seen slaughtered. It never bothered me when I was younger. In fact, I never really gave it much thought. That's just how it was back then. But now that I've gotten older and been away from it for many years, I no longer have the stomach for it.

I don't really know what my point is, or if I even have one. But that picture bothers me. And one of the reasons it bothers me is knowing that most of the people who buy the meat from these lambs will have no knowledge of this picture. Is there anyone else from a similar background who now feels the same? Do you think people have an obligation to learn where their meat comes from, and how it was obtained?

 

[kawilt]

I don't eat lamb but I know many do.

A friend sent me this picture the other day. These lambs are marked for slaughter and have been separated from their mothers. They are clearly scared and you can see one of them is desperately trying to get back to its mother.

I grew up around this stuff and have no idea how many animals I've seen slaughtered. It never bothered me when I was younger. In fact, I never really gave it much thought. That's just how it was back then. But now that I've gotten older and been away from it for many years, I no longer have the stomach for it.

I don't really know what my point is, or if I even have one. But that picture bothers me. And one of the reasons it bothers me is knowing that most of the people who buy the meat from these lambs will have no knowledge of this picture. Is there anyone else from a similar background who now feels the same? Do you think people have an obligation to learn where their meat comes from, and how it was obtained?

Age and a lot of other things that come with it can certainly change your perspective on things CBS. I'm in no disagreement with you here.

 

[johnnyBALLZ]

That's fucked up.. I've never seen animals slaughtered or anything but I'm somewhat of a fisherman, never had a problem killing big fish (to eat of course)..

Well, I'll never be able to eat lamb again, at least in good conscience.. I haven't had it in over five years though..

 

[kawilt]

Your an honest man jB...You got a heart down there somewhere.

 

[MANWHORE]

People hate when I talk about hunting deer,
but they don't mind an innocent Cow getting a steel pin blown through its head

 

[MANWHORE]

That black one is like: Is this really the end..

 

[kawilt]

Nothing wrong at all with hunting for your food. Had a prime rib last night, but of course I didn't kill the cow. Hope you make your first shot count.

 

[manafest]

I see nothing wrong with it... People eat meat...No big deal

 

[Walker]

This is reality, unfortunately its not a pleasant thing to think about , but we all love the proteins that we eat....

i dont eat lamb...dont like the taste of it...

 

[pmac928]

I eat lamb, and can't stomach the thought of ANY animal being killed. These thoughts stay stuck In my head and it bothers the hell out of me. A co worker was telling me how he are cat in Japan and I happened to google it. A picture of two cats for meat were in cages and I can't get the thought out of my mind.

 

[Ozzy619]

Unfortunately with how over populated the world is, this is a sad fact you have to face if you eat meat. Theres no way the world population, let alone US population could survive on free range animals, there just too many people. You can always go the grass fed, free range route if you have the money, but thats an arm and a leg. I grew up on a ranch and we slaughtered and hunted everything. It was always "humane." I would never eat cat, thats just weird.

I believe that humans are omnivore animals, we need meat to survive, its how our brains developed. I also believe humans slaughter animals in a more invasive way than they are normally killed in the wild when they are eaten alive. Most animals we eat today are herd animals that humans domesticated for one purpose. I really hope the next topic of discussion can be about the Prius.

 

[greenddog1]

As with the weaning process with any livestock, you will see images such as this one. Not sure they are being separated for slaughter at this time. They are small still and the yield would be minimal. More likely, it's weaning time in order to reintroduce the ram back into the flock so the ewe can reproduce. Regardless, their fate shall soon be the slaughter house.
I, too grew up around slaughtering of of animals and as did you, thought very little of it. It was just how things were done. The raising of livestock of any kind for meat is a brutal business and I don't see it ever changing. I agree with Kawilt, as we grow in age, we gain an appreciation of the other living things around us.
I'm a hunter and over the years have developed an appreciation of the animals that I kill to eat. Each time I put one down, a little sadness overcomes me, but not to the extent I would ever stop hunting.
I've eaten lamb, but only when I had no other choice. The smell and the taste is not to my liking. If I never eat it again I wouldn't have a problem.

 

[dper726]

Ate lamb many times which i highly dislike. Matter fact eaten some of the weirdest things due to in large my father was a farm boy during his youth and well all my grandparents are farmers with little education if that has any significance with our food selection. Horse meat, tortoise ect.

While I highly dislike that photo CBS you have to consider one thing. We as humans are above the food chain. And without such how productive could we have really become as a civilization. And going forward, it will always remain survival of the fittest. We are at the top and there is no looking down.

 

[brutus79]

That pic makes me hungry- if the spray paint was actually mint jelly and I had some cracked black pepper and a blowtorch I could clear that pen out myself.

Maybe I am desensitized? I don't give a fuck when people die, or leave, or animals get killed... it happens whether I care or not so why waste energy caring.

I personally think that is the key to success in life- a minimal amount of guilt and empathy. People spend so much time worrying about what they did in the past and what is happening to other people they forget to pay attention to the NOW and do the right thing when presented with the opportunity.

Unless you hurt any dog or my daughter. Then ill cut your throat and play in your blood for hours.

 

[Hagler]

I love animals much more than people but it's how we survive and I'll never stop eating meat. My Couisin is a vegetarian nut job PETA activist that's has serious health prob esp with kidney stones from so much kale & whatever other green shit she eats so there's the flip side. Its still a sad pic but if to really want to feel bad checkout the movie fast food nation now that's F'd up

 

[Northern Nutrition]

lol@Brutus

Truth is i dont really like lamb either but i have had it a couple times. And although im not bothered by the photo, i get the point. However, what i do find disturbing is how veal is made and therefore do not eat veal..at all. But i fish and hunt and have no issues with harvesting and preparing my game for the table.

 

[tubesox]

Unfortunately with how over populated the world is, this is a sad fact you have to face if you eat meat. Theres no way the world population, let alone US population could survive on free range animals, there just too many people. You can always go the grass fed, free range route if you have the money, but thats an arm and a leg. I grew up on a ranch and we slaughtered and hunted everything. It was always "humane." I would never eat cat, thats just weird.

I believe that humans are omnivore animals, we need meat to survive, its how our brains developed. I also believe humans slaughter animals in a more invasive way than they are normally killed in the wild when they are eaten alive. Most animals we eat today are herd animals that humans domesticated for one purpose. I really hope the next topic of discussion can be about the Prius.

I love lamb, i hate a prius

 

[Ozzy619]

That pic makes me hungry- if the spray paint was actually mint jelly and I had some cracked black pepper and a blowtorch I could clear that pen out myself.

Maybe I am desensitized? I don't give a fuck when people die, or leave, or animals get killed... it happens whether I care or not so why waste energy caring.

I personally think that is the key to success in life- a minimal amount of guilt and empathy. People spend so much time worrying about what they did in the past and what is happening to other people they forget to pay attention to the NOW and do the right thing when presented with the opportunity.

Unless you hurt any dog or my daughter. Then ill cut your throat and play in your blood for hours.

I always appreciate a good Brutus post, that one put my smile on my face

 

[eminem93]

Imagine if there was an animal that was smarter than humans. They mass breed humans for food and keep us locked in cages and fatten us up like chickens. Then the children are ripped from their mothers, and put through a processing plant where there limbs get ripped off and their torsos stripped of all flesh. The corpses are then discarded and the meat is packaged and sent to grocery stores.


This is what its like from the little lambs perspective, very sad.. yummy for us though

 

[Walker]

I always appreciate a good Brutus post, that one put my smile on my face

I also enjoy reading @brutus79 posts....always keeping it real deal. And hes a artist at defusing situations in such a unique fashion haha