The purpose of a food animal is food, and treating it well up until it serves its purpose is the humane thing to do. Many cultures have ceremonies for their respect for their food animals.
Plus I think they taste better if you treat them well.
Sure, but that’s not the argument here. There’s a difference between treating an animal humanely and treating an animal like a pet. All animals should be treated humanely. Not all animals make good pets.
Farm cats and dogs might live their entire lives outdoors, get treats, are expected to fill a role, and are not pampered or treated like a human. I had large number of these kinds of pets as a kid in a rural area and they were fantastic pets. We also raised pigs for 4-H, and after the first year treated them on the same level as the dogs and cats, with play time and treats, plenty of room to roam, and spent time hanging out with them. They were pets and not just present to be fed and watered.
Not all pets are pampered house pets. Most food stock animals are just food stock and not pets, sure, but that doesn’t mean that nobody can raise them like pets and still eat them.
The purpose of a food animal is food, and treating it well up until it serves its purpose is the humane thing to do. Many cultures have ceremonies for their respect for their food animals.
Plus I think they taste better if you treat them well.
Sure, but that’s not the argument here. There’s a difference between treating an animal humanely and treating an animal like a pet. All animals should be treated humanely. Not all animals make good pets.
People also treat pets very differently.
Farm cats and dogs might live their entire lives outdoors, get treats, are expected to fill a role, and are not pampered or treated like a human. I had large number of these kinds of pets as a kid in a rural area and they were fantastic pets. We also raised pigs for 4-H, and after the first year treated them on the same level as the dogs and cats, with play time and treats, plenty of room to roam, and spent time hanging out with them. They were pets and not just present to be fed and watered.
Not all pets are pampered house pets. Most food stock animals are just food stock and not pets, sure, but that doesn’t mean that nobody can raise them like pets and still eat them.