Have you ever gone hunting?
I don't pump out my own septic tank either. Some things, to me, are worth letting someone else do.
I was also a vegetarian for many years, (I'm an omnivore now, with the exception of dairy) and I just couldn't hunt, although I'm a damn good shot! My father taught me to shoot for sport (he never hunted anything alive) when I was a kid.
I eat some meat and I'm happy to let USDA and FDA farmers and butchers take care of it. I don't pump out my own septic tank either. Some things, to me, are worth letting someone else do.
I'm also vitally aware of the problems with parasite and prion contamination in wild caught meat. Believe me, it's a problem. Not only did I see it working as a nurse, but my husband's family has suffered from it (and my step father DIED from Mad Cow disease, probably either from meat from overseas or from wild hunted meat, I wouldn't wish Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease on anyone, after watching my step-father die from it, Brutal and painful way to die. The poor man's brain liquified and collapsed into his spinal column while he was fully conscious. Horrible disease.)
Parasites and mercury poisoning, the mercury (and some parasites) from wild caught lake and stream caught fish are also horrible things. Three of my husband's relatives nearly died from mercury poisoning from eating fish from "Pristine" lakes in Northern Wisconsin, where they live.
They got very sick and didn't know why. In fact, every member of their families got sick. Finally, one of the cousins broke down and went to a doctor and the mercury was discovered. All members of all three of their families were poisoned. They had to have their blood chelated, which is painful. And, the most severely effected will have brain and liver and kidney problems for the rest of their lives.
No thank you.
If you lived in an area that you actually see the deformities, diseases, and cruelty of animals starving due to lack of food--you might be able to do your part at prevention. It ensures the life of other deer and elk.
Fishing is just too boring for me.
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