tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583611163696354282.post7174713540110297720..comments2023-12-12T13:40:11.323-05:00Comments on Scaling the Peak: Slaughtering Goats and the Value of Food.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583611163696354282.post-65402724258398800272011-04-25T20:40:14.242-04:002011-04-25T20:40:14.242-04:00It was very hard, the first time I killed then but...It was very hard, the first time I killed then butchered chickens. There's a vast, ontological gulf to be crossed, esp. if you don't grow up with this kind of... work.<br /><br />Second time, it became easier, partly from it being less bizarre. But also because the roosters irritated me.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583611163696354282.post-68553395638678535552011-04-25T00:31:02.450-04:002011-04-25T00:31:02.450-04:00Agree entirely. But having helped with chicken but...Agree entirely. But having helped with chicken butchering and dressing as a little one, I think I'm kind of OK with the 'walk them to the slaughterhouse' method. Not because I'm squeamish but because I'm lazy.mythagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138471078836187498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583611163696354282.post-64591726748122778332011-04-06T22:30:25.744-04:002011-04-06T22:30:25.744-04:00Anyone who consumes meat should be prepared to see...Anyone who consumes meat should be prepared to see an animal slaughtered. Not sure whether it has to be one with which one has an emotional history, but I can see some merit in that.<br /><br />On pet cows, Al Jazeera English recently ran a segment about a German girl whose farmer parents refused to buy her a horse, so she trained one of the cows as a riding animal. It can even jump (low) show jumps. My sister kept pigmy goats as pets for a while when she lived in a nature reserve in the south of England. But your general point is quite right, of course. Domesticated animals and domestic animals are not identically pet-worthy.Ed Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441286443960162471noreply@blogger.com